16 Apr 2010 1 Comment
Our friends at the Boomer Esiason Foundation have guaranteed entry numbers for the ING New York City Marathon this fall. That means that when runners are excluded from the lottery for official marathon numbers, the folks at the Foundation have a great opportunity: they can offer runners an guaranteed entry to the race as part [...]
29 Oct 2009 No Comments
Each month, we highlight a couple of our nonprofit partners who have unique fundraising events, great success stories, or something else fantastic going on that we’d like to tell you about. Next up in our nonprofit spotlight fundraising series, is Garden of Dreams Foundation (GDF). 37,000 runners will be crossing the Brooklyn Bridge and running the 26.2 [...]
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 [...]
22 Oct 2008 1 Comment
Skydiving in stilettos? That’s one item on Melissa’s life list of to-do’s and the title of her blog, where she also claims to have raised “an obscene amount of money” with Firstgiving.com After crossing #1 (run a marathon) off her list last year, Melissa has been training for marathon #2 and will be racing in NYC [...]
17 Oct 2008 2 Comments
Last week I went to see a concert at the Museum of Fine Arts here in Boston and saw something I didn’t expect: the main entrance was lit up in bright pink lights in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. A few cities away, someone else had the same idea: Hat-tip: Conor’s Fundraising Blog What struck me particularly was [...]
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