October Awareness Month

Fundraising Success! Lessons from DSAGR's Buddy Walk

Last month our friends at the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Richmond (DSAGR) put together their local chapter’s Buddy Walk fundraiser as part of Down Syndrome Awareness Month. This year, the Richmond chapter used a Firstgiving start page to co-ordinate registration and fundraising for the event.  Allison, the Walk’s Committee Chair, emailed us to say, [...]

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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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