From fe4cb6883060c702bd312c6624af878c1636b53f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Gerasimos (Makis) Maropoulos" <kataras2006@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2022 14:39:28 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] thanks @github :heart:

---
 README.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40fe99d7..fbd26737 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -217,10 +217,17 @@ Learn what [others saying about Iris](https://www.iris-go.com/#review) and **[st
 
 With your help, we can improve Open Source web development for everyone!
 
-> Donations from **China** are now accepted!
+> [@github](https://github.com/github) is now sponsoring you for $550.00 one time.
+> 
+> A note from your new sponsor:
+> 
+> To celebrate Maintainer Month we want to thank you for all you do for the open source community. Check out our blog post to learn more about how GitHub is investing in maintainers. https://github.blog/2022-06-24-thank-you-to-our-maintainers/
+
+> Donations from [China](https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/1870#issuecomment-1101418349) are now accepted!
 
 <p>
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+  <a href="https://github.com/github"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/9919?v=4" alt="github" title="github" with="75" style="width:75px;max-width:75px;height:75px" height="75" /></a>
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@@ -244,6 +251,7 @@ With your help, we can improve Open Source web development for everyone!
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+  <a href="https://github.com/hobysmith"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/6063391?v=4" alt="hobysmith" title="hobysmith" with="75" style="width:75px;max-width:75px;height:75px" height="75" /></a>
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@@ -259,6 +267,7 @@ With your help, we can improve Open Source web development for everyone!
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+  <a href="https://github.com/jfloresremar"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/10441071?v=4" alt="jfloresremar" title="jfloresremar" with="75" style="width:75px;max-width:75px;height:75px" height="75" /></a>
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@@ -266,6 +275,7 @@ With your help, we can improve Open Source web development for everyone!
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+  <a href="https://github.com/maxbertinetti"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/26814295?v=4" alt="maxbertinetti" title="maxbertinetti" with="75" style="width:75px;max-width:75px;height:75px" height="75" /></a>
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@@ -287,6 +297,7 @@ With your help, we can improve Open Source web development for everyone!
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+  <a href="https://github.com/thanasolykos"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/35801329?v=4" alt="thanasolykos" title="thanasolykos" with="75" style="width:75px;max-width:75px;height:75px" height="75" /></a>
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@@ -309,6 +320,7 @@ With your help, we can improve Open Source web development for everyone!
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+  <a href="https://github.com/XinYoungCN"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/18415580?v=4" alt="XinYoungCN" title="XinYoungCN" with="75" style="width:75px;max-width:75px;height:75px" height="75" /></a>
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@@ -321,9 +333,11 @@ With your help, we can improve Open Source web development for everyone!
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+  <a href="https://github.com/relaera"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/26012106?v=4" alt="relaera" title="relaera" with="75" style="width:75px;max-width:75px;height:75px" height="75" /></a>
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+  <a href="https://github.com/seun-otosho"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/74518370?v=4" alt="seun-otosho" title="seun-otosho" with="75" style="width:75px;max-width:75px;height:75px" height="75" /></a>
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+  <a href="https://github.com/BelmonduS"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/159350?v=4" alt="BelmonduS" title="BelmonduS" with="75" style="width:75px;max-width:75px;height:75px" height="75" /></a>
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