18 Mar 2009 No Comments
Here at Team Firstgiving, we are continuously inspired by marathon fundraisers like Mary, who not only accomplish the amazing feat of training for and running a marathon, but also take on the challenge of raising several thousand dollars for Boston Marathon charities like Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. April 20th is only five weeks away, and like [...]
12 Mar 2009 2 Comments
Slides from this week’s webinar, Running for a Reason, are now live at the Team Firstgiving Blog, where you can download them if you want to keep them forever. Audio will follow shortly. We’ll also be emailing out answers to the questions, and we’ll post the top questions and answers to the blog. If you [...]
09 Mar 2009 3 Comments
We’re presenting a free webinar this week on how to raise more money for your cause than you ever thought possible as an athlete-fundraiser. It’s free and open to non-profits and fundraisers alike. When: Wednesday, March 11 at 1.00 PM EST (10.00 AM PST) Where: Online; register here. Join Team Firstgiving for a roundtable [...]
04 Mar 2009 No Comments
The historic Boston Marathon is happening right in our backyard, and we’ve been keeping up with lots of Boston Marathon fundraisers and charities as April 20 fast approaches. So far over 800 charity runners have raised almost $700,000 online with their personal fundraising pages. Larry is just one of many marathon fundraisers we know with [...]
20 Feb 2009 4 Comments
Our friends at the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children just received about 20 more bib numbers for the Boston Marathon and are looking for charity runners to join their team. Interested? Contact Tom O’Toole by phone at 617.587.1533 or email totoole@mspcc.org.
27 Jan 2009 2 Comments
Part three in a mini-series on nuggets gleaned from our marathon fundraising panel experts. Even more expert advice from Ashley, Beth and Kristina. If you missed them, Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here. 6. Remind your fundraisers not to apologize when asking for donations Very few people will sign up to run [...]
27 Jan 2009 2 Comments
Part two in a mini-series on nuggets gleaned from our marathon fundraising panel experts. Expert advice, continued: here are more tips for success and getting the most out of marathon fundraising from Ashley, Beth, and Kristina. If you missed Part 1, it’s here. 3. Help your runners coordinate their marathon training schedule with their fundraising [...]
22 Jan 2009 No Comments
Cross-posted at the Team Firstgiving Blog Part one in a mini-series on nuggets gleaned from our marathon fundraising panel experts. Last week Firstgiving hosted a Marathon Fundraising Panel for local charities interested in endurance event fundraising. We’ve got photos here. Successful Boston Marathon fundraising team coordinators Ashley, Beth, and Kristina shared their wisdom on how [...]
09 Dec 2008 No Comments
Cross-posted at Team Firstgiving Do you have a Boston Marathon charity team? If so, please take Firstgiving up on our offer for a free fundraising training session. Many of your runners are more nervous about raising $3,000+ than they are about running the 26.2 miles. Firstgiving can help alleviate their concerns by attending your kick-off [...]
28 Apr 2008 No Comments
I was downtown this weekend and passed by the finish line of the Boston Marathon. If I had started the race last week, this was probably about the time I would actually have finished. But the fact that the line was still bright yellow despite a week of traffic rolling over it reminded me that [...]
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