24 Mar 2010 2 Comments
When Kelly Strauch was moving from small-town Laurel, Montana to the big city of Boston, Massachusetts, she dreamed of running the Boston Marathon. Only knowing a little about running and marathons, she learned from a friend that the Boston Marathon consisted of 26.2 miles that started in Hopkinton and traveled into the city. She was [...]
10 Mar 2010 1 Comment
Jesse Vetter’s doctor lightheartedly said that he could run a marathon after his 14th knee surgery. Jesse took that literally and will be participating in the 114th running of the Boston Marathon this year. He is running to support Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership (MBHP), which provides an array of services to provide those in need [...]
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 [...]
05 Mar 2010 No Comments
Our friends at Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association (RSDSA) are masters of community building around fundraising events. They’re running their annual walk in June, and they didn’t want a conflict with the event date to stop their supporters from being part of it. For people who are unable to make the event, the folks at [...]
03 Mar 2010 No Comments
Jodie Nelson likes to hold the distinction of the first woman. She was the first woman to be towed into enormous barrels in Tahiti’s Teahupoo, and was one of the first female surfers even to attempt tow-in surfing. On March 28, 2010, Jodie will become the first woman to paddle surf from Avalon, on the island of [...]
26 Feb 2010 No Comments
Our friends at Bright Hope have a 5K fundraising run and walk coming up in May. Since participants are going to register for the event and create fundraising pages from Bright Hope’s FirstGiving page, they’ve clearly displayed all the event information there: On their FirstGiving page, Bright Hope provides: The event name and date Registration [...]
10 Feb 2010 No Comments
FirstGiving is located in Boston, home of both the Boston Marathon and chilly winters. Susana Hodgers has decided to brave both for the first time – she’s never run a marathon, and she’s also never experienced a New England winter! Susana is raising money online for Brigham and Women’s Hospital to help fund breast cancer-related [...]
05 Feb 2010 No Comments
Our friends at Teen Futures know how to mobilize grassroots support from their community. They’ve teamed up with the Pasadena Marathon to give their supporters the opportunity to run for a reason. What’s more, the folks at Teen Futures created this simple YouTube video to help their runners, walkers, and bikers start raising money online [...]
04 Feb 2010 3 Comments
Nonprofit organizations are seeking fresh ideas that will help lead to more donations and volunteer engagement. FirstGiving presents a FREE Webinar about online social fundraising while showing how one nonprofit raised $1,000 a day for 30 days online. You can easily design a similar fundraising program for your supporters as well. Join the Webinar to learn how. [...]
29 Jan 2010 1 Comment
Our friends at the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) are getting the ball rolling early for their annual fundraising walk. Last year they exceeded their goals, thanks to their committed support community, and this year, they are setting the bar even higher. The folks at BARCC know that setting the right expectations and good [...]
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