Achilles Track Club

A Good Explanation of a Donation's Impact

Third in a mini-series of year-end best practices from NPOs we know. Earlier this year Melissa ran the New York City Marathon and raised money for the Achilles Track Club.  I made a small donation to her page and received a thank-you letter this week from Achilles.  This is what it said: Thank you very [...]

Inspiration for Fundraisers: "I've raised an obscene amount of money"

Skydiving in stilettos?  That’s one item on Melissa’s life list of to-do’s and the title of her blog, where she also claims to have raised “an obscene amount of money” with Firstgiving.com  After crossing #1 (run a marathon) off her list last year, Melissa has been training for marathon #2 and will be racing in NYC [...]