endurance sports fundraising

Attention Runners: More Boston Marathon Numbers Now Available

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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.

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Fundraising is Not a 4-Letter Word: Part 3

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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 [...]

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Fundraising is Not a 4-Letter Word: Part 2

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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 [...]

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Santa Speedo Run blows online fundraising out of the water

From the official Santa Speedo Run site: It was 2:23 pm on Saturday, December 16th, 2000 and the crowd of holiday shoppers erupted into earth-shattering applause, screaming and cheering as five brave men ran past them on Newbury Street wearing nothing but Santa hats, Santa beards and Speedos. Fast forward to 2007, and the Santa [...]

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World Run Day this Sunday!

Reminder–World Run Day is this Sunday, November 9th. It’s an international day of running and charitable giving (and fundraising!). Where are you running? Here’s Team Firstgiving’s 3.8 mile route through Boston: It’s not too late to join us if you’re in Boston. Team Firstgiving is meeting at 10 am at the corner of Mass Ave [...]

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