I’m guessing that all of you who are web savvy enough to be reading this blog have at least heard of YouTube; is that a fair assumption?  I’m also guessing that a lot of you have not only visited YouTube to watch some crazy video or other, but may have even posted one or two of your own.  I know that at least a few of our fundraisers have, because I’ve seen some of the videos myself.  A couple of examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrDA5_aphNw

— He might look like an armed robber, but this masked man is more of a Robin Hood…if you replace the "robbing" with "nicely asking people for donations."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pnz-YhP0vo

— My favorite part is when he climbs in and makes airplane noises.

Pretty cool, no?  Think you can do better?  Awesome.  Show us. 

Based on the fundraising pages we look at and talk about in our office every day, we’re pretty sure there’s an endless stream of YouTube-worthy stuff going on with all of you, from ultra-marathons to polar plunges to people jumping out of airplanes!  We want to see! 

Almost everyone these days at least has a digital camera with a camcorder function, so switch it on and let the rest of us see what you’re up to.  Video your event, video yourself asking people for donations, video the person (or village or hospital or pet) that will benefit from your efforts.  Post it on YouTube, and then tell us!  Please!  Post comments here or email alison[at]firstgiving.com anytime.

I know you can’t really post things like videos on your fundraising pages directly (as of yet), but we can show them off for you.  Just leave the link in a comment or email it to me.  You can also find our channel on YouTube (youtube.com/firstgiving) and be our friend.

What are you waiting for?