animal rights

OK seriously – April awareness month

Did we fool you?   April is. . .  National Autism Awareness Month Organization for Autism Research Sexual Assault Awareness Month & Day of Action (April 3) Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month MSPCA National Child Abuse Awareness Month Greenville Rape Crisis and Child Abuse Prevention Center Alcohol Awareness Month FACE [...]

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Yes, You Did Raise $80 Million with Firstgiving

Yesterday afternoon our fundraisers hit the $80,000,000 mark for online fundraising with Firstgiving.com!  Since Firstgiving’s inception in 2003, you have been busy creating personal fundraising pages to raise money online for the causes you care about–medical research, animal rights, international development, the environment, and more. At 4.37 PM, it looked like this: And today, it [...]

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2 Birds with One Kidney Stone. Make That One Kidney.

Ever since Firstgiving got going, we’ve been on a mission to connect people to the causes they care about in a very tangible way–enabling people to raise money for non-profits doing good work all over the US and all over the world. Last week Limeduck pointed me to a story about how his friend Hillary [...]

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Awareness + Action = Effective!

Take a quick drive across town or a stroll down the street—chances are you’ll encounter someone raising awareness for a cause he or she cares about. From a bumper sticker promoting animal rights to a pink ribbon for breast cancer to the “Livestrong” or “ONE” bracelet you’re wearing as you read this post, we are [...]

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