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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

with his colleagues in 2020 who now also collectively oversee Camp Reach for the Sky, a free camp program for kids affected by cancer that is one of only three Gold-Ribbon children’s oncology camps in California . Previously served as CEO of The Seany Foundation, a pediatric cancer foundation. Helped co-found Oncology and Kids, Inc.

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5 Steps to Setting Up a Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaign

Tech Soup

Personal Challenges — Personal challenges allow a donor's friends and family to rally around their cause by supporting a challenge that the donor has pledged to complete. The Boston Marathon — Supporters of an organization can pledge to raise a certain amount of money, in order to run the race in the name of a charity.

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Target Facebook Challenge: Ten Large Charities Compete for Votes To Divide the $3 Million Pot

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's called Bullseye Gives, a special Facebook page inviting folks to decide how they should allocate $3 million among ten large institutional charities, including: Parent Teacher Association Feeding America The Salvation Army American Red Cross National Parks Foundation Breast Cancer Research Foundation St.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Fundraising with social media (particularly Facebook) means under- standing that donors don’t separate liking, sharing, or pledging, from donating,” explained John. The Reboot the Suit campaign lets you donate as little as a dollar, and the biggest group of donors have pledged less than $25. More than 1.5

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Several of her regular readers including Deb Roby have pledged to match her donations to their favorite charity. September is Hunger Awareness Month so why not give a donation of canned goods and cash to your local food bank? October is also breast cancer awareness month, so why not make a donation ?

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Convio 2008 Innovator Awards

Care2

Honorable Mention: Sierra Club and American Cancer Society. Honorable Mention: CauseForce and Project Bread - The Walk for Hunger. They created a creative online check-in process that allowed people to check in for the event online and pledge to complet fundraising post-event. Created a wall of 5,000 signers' photos.

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Convio 2008 Innovator Awards - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Constituent Empowerment Honorable Mention: Sierra Club and American Cancer Society Winner: Children International Used TeamRaiser to recruit new sponsors and recuited 5,000 sponsors since 2005 and sponsored over 560 children. Created a wall of 5,000 signers photos. Komen for the Cure race.

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