08 Mar 2010 1 Comment
On Wednesday, March 3, 2010, FirstGiving fundraisers gathered at Dillon’s, just steps away from the Boston Marathon finish line, for a night of team building, networking, and fun. Dick Hoyt, a seasoned marathon and endurance athlete, gave a motivational speech to Boston Marathon runners. Rick Hoyt, Dick’s son, was a strongly felt presence throughout the [...]
22 Apr 2009 No Comments
The work of a champion online fundraiser is never over, not even when the race ends. So as soon as your ice packs come off, it’s time to get back on the fundraising trail for your cause! Here’s what you should do as soon as you’re able: Thank everybody. Everybody who helped you, not just [...]
20 Apr 2009 No Comments
Congratulations to all those who ran and helped organize the 113th Boston Marathon, and especially to those who raised millions for good causes by running the race for charity. We’ll have a full recap in a while, but here are some pics from the finish line by our own Beth P, and I can also [...]
17 Apr 2009 No Comments
Professional runner Ryan Hall will toe the line with 26,000+ other runners this Monday at the 113th running of the Boston Marathon. Like the 900 Boston-bound runners fundraising on Firstgiving, Ryan and his wife Sara (also a professional runner) have a fundraising page, too. If you can’t be in Boston to cheer Ryan on, show [...]
14 Apr 2009 No Comments
Our RSS feed overrunneth this week with great Boston Marathon fundraising stories. Here are three from the local media. Please join us in saluting their athletic and fundraising efforts! In Hingham, Mike Haggerty is running Boston to support the Hingham Education Foundation with the purchase of a Smart Board, a piece of educational technology too [...]
09 Apr 2009 No Comments
Here at Team Firstgiving, we are continuously inspired by marathon fundraisers like Terrie, who not only accomplish the amazing feat of training for and running a marathon, but also take on the challenge of fundraising several thousand dollars for charities like Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary. Originally from Boston, Terrie has been living abroad [...]
03 Apr 2009 2 Comments
Here at Team Firstgiving, we are continuously inspired by marathon fundraisers like Mike, who not only accomplish the amazing feat of training for and running a marathon, but also take on the challenge of fundraising several thousand dollars for charities like Doctors Without Borders. Mike was kind enough to take a break from training to [...]
27 Mar 2009 No Comments
Firstgiving will be hosting a banana water stop along the Boston Marathon course this Saturday, March 28 over by the corner of Rt 16 and 30 in West Newton. If you’re out running, stop by and say ‘hello!’
23 Mar 2009 No Comments
Last week a bunch of fundraisers and non-profit organizations participated in our Twitter contest. They tweeted their fundraising pages, and we chose four winners at random. Here they are: Tom (@greenjungle) is raising money for the Florida International Teaching Zoo. You can read about his Earth Day event and see some excellent Flickr photos that [...]
19 Mar 2009 1 Comment
If our office wasn’t in the basement, we’d be shouting this from the rooftops! Our friends at Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary announced this week that their Boston Marathon Team has reached its $100,000 fundraising goal. With the marathon a month away, this leaves them with plenty of time to finish their training runs and [...]
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