31 Mar 2009 No Comments
Raise more money for your cause than you thought possible. In March, FirstGiving hosted a roundtable discussion for marathon fundraisers on how to leave your fundraising goals in the dust. We shared tips from real runners and fundraisers on how to set up and promote your fundraising page for maximum donations. Watch the video or [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
26 Jan 2009 No Comments
Did you know that the average charity runner raises more than double what a walker does, and that a marathoner raises 50% more than that? Do you want to put that kind of dedication to work for your organization? Let Team Firstgiving teach you why endurance athletes raise more money and how your organization can [...]
31 Dec 2008 No Comments
Third in a mini-series of year-end best practices from NPOs we know. Earlier this year Melissa ran the New York City Marathon and raised money for the Achilles Track Club. I made a small donation to her page and received a thank-you letter this week from Achilles. This is what it said: Thank you very [...]
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 [...]
07 Nov 2008 1 Comment
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 [...]
02 Sep 2008 2 Comments
Last week we highlighted Olympic marathoner Ryan Hall‘s fundraising page for World Vision on the Team Firstgiving Blog. (By the way, Hall finished 10th in Beijing, helping the U.S. team to its best finish in 32 years). At Firstgiving, we know that endurance sports events have extraordinary power to inspire, especially when athletes are also [...]
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