26 Feb 2010 No Comments
Our friends at Bright Hope have a 5K fundraising run and walk coming up in May. Since participants are going to register for the event and create fundraising pages from Bright Hope’s FirstGiving page, they’ve clearly displayed all the event information there: On their FirstGiving page, Bright Hope provides: The event name and date Registration [...]
24 Feb 2010 No Comments
Cross-posted at the Case Foundation Blog Did your nonprofit organization create a video in 2009? If so, enter it into the 4th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards for the chance to win $2,500 for your nonprofit, get your video featured on the YouTube homepage, receive great prizes from Flip Video and NTEN, and have your [...]
23 Feb 2010 2 Comments
Our Facebook application, Fundraising, was down earlier this week but has been fixed, thanks to our stellar tech team. To use it and add your FirstGiving page to your profile right now, go to the Facebook app. Thank you for your patience, and happy fundraising!
23 Feb 2010 No Comments
Russ Smith was an avid athlete in high school and continued to enjoy sports through college and after graduation. Then, in 2002, life for Russ changed. He began to experience knee pain and went in for what should have been routine surgery. There were complications, and his knee eventually became completely immobilized. Russ was subsequently [...]
19 Feb 2010 1 Comment
Our friends at the Southern Tier AIDS Program (STAP) are using their annual fundraising walk/run as an opportunity to create stronger ties in their community: This year, the folks at STAP have partnered with their local YMCA to provide a free 1-year family membership to each of the top three fundraising teams. What’s more, they’re [...]
17 Feb 2010 No Comments
In a continuing effort to make raising money online simple and effective for our partners, we have made several new customized editing features available in your account area. Now, you can: Edit your event information. Change or update the following: Event name Description Location Contact person at your organization Custom images Edit your “About my [...]
12 Feb 2010 No Comments
If you’ve been on the fence about running the 2010 Boston Marathon or trying to find a number, here’s your chance! Our friends at Horizons for Homeless Children now have two more bib numbers available. For more information, please contact Events Manager Alisha Atlas-Corbett at 617.445.1480 or by email at aatlascorbett(at)horizonsforhomelesschildren.org.
12 Feb 2010 No Comments
Our friends at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) have been very busy supporting Haiti disaster relief efforts over the past few weeks. In the wake of so much need, the IRC knows that when people give, they often wish they could do even more to help. So, in addition to asking their supporters for donations, [...]
10 Feb 2010 No Comments
FirstGiving is located in Boston, home of both the Boston Marathon and chilly winters. Susana Hodgers has decided to brave both for the first time – she’s never run a marathon, and she’s also never experienced a New England winter! Susana is raising money online for Brigham and Women’s Hospital to help fund breast cancer-related [...]
08 Feb 2010 1 Comment
We recently caught up with Patrick McCrann, leader of the “Run for Haiti” project. It’s a team of athletes working together to raise money online for Haiti disaster relief efforts, and they’ve raised over $29,000 in just 4 days. How did they do it? Not only did Patrick raise money online; he challenged his personal [...]
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