Doctors without Borders

20 Dec 2010 No Comments

The Reddit fundraising challenge leverages $55K from Christians, Atheists and Muslims: Part 2 of 3

Charity inspires goodwill, as proven by a current fundraiser launched by the Christianity, Atheism, and Islam groups in the social news site reddit.com. Together, they’ve raised over $55,000 from among their group members. We asked redditor Jay Hazen, of the subreddit group r/aheism, if he could answer some questions about the fundraiser and the reddit challenge. This is part two of a three-part interview about this amazing fundraising collaboration and challenge.

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20 Dec 2010 No Comments

The Reddit fundraising challenge leverages $55K from Christians, Atheists and Muslims: Part 1 of 3

Charity inspires goodwill, as proven by a current fundraiser launched by the Christianity, Atheism, and Islam groups in the social news site reddit.com. Together, they’ve raised over $55,000 from among their group members. We asked redditor Margaret Crymes, a member of the subreddit group r/christianity, if she could answer some questions about the fundraiser and the reddit challenge. This is part one of a two-part interview about the amazing fundraising collaboration and challenge.

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26 Jan 2010 No Comments

Haiti disaster relief update: Interview with Rahul and Kit of the Fletcher School, part 2

Yesterday we posted part one of an interview with Rahul and Kit, two students at the Fletcher School who have been busy raising money online for Haiti disaster relief efforts. They had so many great things to say that we had to make it a two-part series.  Here’s part two: Rahul: I have a question. [...]

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25 Jan 2010 1 Comment

Haiti disaster relief update: interview with Rahul and Kit of the Fletcher School, part 1

One of the most heartening things we’ve seen over the past couple of weeks is the incredible and quick response of hundreds of people raising money online for Haiti disaster relief efforts.  Right in our own backyard, a group of students at the Fletcher School at Tufts University in Somerville, MA have been spearheading a [...]

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13 Jan 2010 2 Comments

Haiti disaster relief

You’ve probably been keeping up with the news, and may have just received Barack Obama’s email update about Haiti relief efforts and ways to help. One way to help, is, of course, to give to an organization that is providing relief on the ground to earthquake victims.  Another way is to inspire your friends to [...]

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03 Apr 2009 2 Comments

Fundraiser spotlight: Mike Abare

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 [...]

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05 Dec 2008 1 Comment

MSF Just Say "No Thank You" to Gifts

My family celebrates Christmas, and when it comes to gift-giving, my dad is one of those people who is really difficult to shop for.  We always find ourselves scrambling at the last minute to think of a gift that would be both enjoyable and meaningful for him. After years of gifting my father with trinkets, [...]

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13 Nov 2008 No Comments

"Gifts from the Universe" November 2k8

thoughts become things. . .

A while back we posted the fundraising success story of our friends over at TUT’s Adventurers Club when they finished a Firstgiving online fundraising campaign for Doctors Without Borders at $20,000.  This month the Adventurers have teamed up with Firstgiving again, and November’s “Gifts from the Universe” are going to the National Arbor Day Foundation.  You [...]

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21 Aug 2008 5 Comments

The Art of Fundraising

When Beth P wrote a blogpost relating her degree in economics to Firstgiving’s services, I was impressed and inspired to do the same using my major at Boston University: Art History. So how am I going to relate online fundraising to the History of Art? The painting displayed above is entitled “Along the Shore,” by talented artist [...]

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04 Aug 2008 1 Comment

Kudos to the Universe!

Congratulations to TUT’s Adventure Club for their fundraising success last month.  Through their “Gifts from the Universe” Firstgiving.com fundraising page, they raised $20,000 for Doctors Without Borders in just over a month! Universe, we salute you.  Dream on, Firstgiving.com

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