Giving Back This Season

Giving Back This Season
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Folks, I believe that it's really important to give back to our communities. One way to do that is to participate in #GivingTuesday and CrowdRise's Holiday Challenge for nonprofits.
to go toward the winner of the Challenge, and together, with the other donors, there will be $250,000 in prize money.

  • CrowdRise has been working hard to make this Challenge and #GivingTuesday bigger then past years. One way they're doing that is by creating a Giving Tower. It's going to be a hologram tower. Each time someone donates, a brick is added to the tower. You can actually download an app and point it at a dollar bill to see how the tower's growing. Here's a little more about it:
  • The Giving Tower Holiday Challenge is a great way for organizations to rally their supporters, raise money for their cause, drive engagement, get lots of exposure and, most importantly, raise money for their cause (note intentional repetition).

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    The Challenge is friendly fundraising competition launched by craigconnects, Fred and Joanne Wilson, and MacAndrews & Forbes. It's designed to help you raise awareness and lots of money for your year end fundraising.

    Here's more about the Challenge this year:

    • The Challenge starts on November 25th and there are going to be huge grand prizes, plus lots of Bonus Challenges. The campaign is always amazing and last year, charities rallied to raise over $2.3m for their causes.
    • There will be $250,000 in prizes this year. The organization that raises the most will receive a $100,000 donation to their cause. Second place will win $50,000, third $25,000, fourth $10,000 and fifth place will receive a $5,000 donation to their cause.
    • There will also be multiple opportunities along the way to get extra cash donations in the form of Bonus Challenges. Folks, we're talking an extra $60,000 in Bonus Challenges.
    • The good folks over at CrowdRise are hosting a webinar on November 20th at 3pm ET to walk you through everything about the Challenge, please Click Here to register.
    • So far, there's more than 500 charities signed up, and plenty of time for you to sign up, too.
    • The Toolkit will tell you everything else you need to know that I may have forgotten.
    • Use the hashtag #GivingTower to continue the conversation.
    Looking forward to getting this Challenge started, more to come...

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