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20 Dec 2010 No Comments

The Reddit fundraising challenge leverages $55K from Christians, Atheists and Muslims: Part 1 of 3

Charity inspires goodwill, as proven by a current fundraiser launched by the Christianity, Atheism, and Islam groups in the social news site reddit.com. Together, they’ve raised over $55,000 from among their group members. We asked redditor Margaret Crymes, a member of the subreddit group r/christianity, if she could answer some questions about the fundraiser and the reddit challenge. This is part one of a two-part interview about the amazing fundraising collaboration and challenge.

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13 Jan 2010 2 Comments

Haiti disaster relief

You’ve probably been keeping up with the news, and may have just received Barack Obama’s email update about Haiti relief efforts and ways to help. One way to help, is, of course, to give to an organization that is providing relief on the ground to earthquake victims.  Another way is to inspire your friends to [...]

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08 May 2009 1 Comment

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Happy Mother

Here at Firstgiving, we love our moms (how surprising, right?!).  And we think a lot about charitable celebrations, so, naturally, we were excited to see all the talk this week about how to give meaningful gifts that honor moms and do good at the same time. For example, check out this Mother’s Day online giving [...]

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17 Apr 2009 No Comments

Team World Vision supporter Ryan Hall is Boston-bound this Monday

Professional runner Ryan Hall will toe the line with 26,000+ other runners this Monday at the 113th running of the Boston Marathon. Like the 900 Boston-bound runners fundraising on Firstgiving, Ryan and his wife Sara (also a professional runner) have a fundraising page, too. If you can’t be in Boston to cheer Ryan on, show [...]

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05 Dec 2008 1 Comment

MSF Just Say "No Thank You" to Gifts

My family celebrates Christmas, and when it comes to gift-giving, my dad is one of those people who is really difficult to shop for.  We always find ourselves scrambling at the last minute to think of a gift that would be both enjoyable and meaningful for him. After years of gifting my father with trinkets, [...]

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01 Dec 2008 3 Comments

World AIDS Day

Today marks the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day, an international awareness-raising campaign to fight and end the disease and prejudices surrounding it.  There’s lots going on around the world; here are some highlights: From the official World AIDS Day campaign, info on an SMS campaign in India and some thoughts on the role of leadership in the [...]

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21 Nov 2008 1 Comment

Boston AIDS Africa Caregiver Kit Event

In Boston this weekend?  Passionate about ending the AIDS pandemic in Africa?  Boston AIDS Africa, a local association of Boston businesswomen, has teamed up with World Vision to assemble 3,000 Caregiver Kits tomorrow at the Back Bay Events Center.  These kits will equip volunteer caregivers in Africa with the practical materials they need to bring [...]

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19 Sep 2008 No Comments

A Little Foresight, A Big Impact

A friend just sent me a link to an article from the BBC on the threat of wasted aid dollars in the developing world.   Normally I see articles (and books) on this subject related to how aid dollars have already been wasted.  This article, however, warns of the inefficiency of waiting until a crisis occurs [...]

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02 Sep 2008 2 Comments

Olympic Inspiration

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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22 Aug 2008 11 Comments

The Long and Short Run of It

This morning I received an email from World Vision highlighting the most recent news on the current food shortage in East Africa. BBC East Africa Food Crisis report World Vision does an excellent job of keeping its donor community up-to-date on how instability (economic, political, environmental) is affecting people around the world and where there [...]

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