March 3rd, 2010 | Posted by Ashley Morrison |
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Jodie Nelson likes to hold the distinction of the first woman.
She was the first woman to be towed into enormous barrels in Tahiti’s Teahupoo, and was one of the first female surfers even to attempt tow-in surfing.
On March 28, 2010, Jodie will become the first woman to paddle surf from Avalon, on the island of Catalina, to Read more→
March 1st, 2010 | Posted by Beth Pickard |
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For the past ten years, Haiti Lumiere de Demain has been supporting educational and environmental opportunities for people living on the Haitian island of La Gonave. Last year, their programs served over 6,000 students in 19 schools. Then last month, life changed.
6 of the 19 schools, serving approximately 2,000 students, were destroyed by the earthquake Read more→
February 26th, 2010 | Posted by Beth Pickard |
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Our friends at Bright Hope have a 5K fundraising run and walk coming up in May. Since participants are going to register for the event and create fundraising pages from Bright Hope’s FirstGiving page, they’ve clearly displayed all the event information there:
On their FirstGiving page, Bright Hope provides:
The event name and date
Registration costs
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February 24th, 2010 | Posted by Beth Pickard |
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Cross-posted at the Case Foundation Blog
Did your nonprofit organization create a video in 2009? If so, enter it into the 4th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards for the chance to win $2,500 for your nonprofit, get your video featured on the YouTube homepage, receive great prizes from Flip Video and NTEN, and have your work Read more→
February 23rd, 2010 | Posted by Beth Pickard |
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Our Facebook application, Fundraising, was down earlier this week but has been fixed, thanks to our stellar tech team. To use it and add your FirstGiving page to your profile right now, go to the Facebook app.
Thank you for your patience, and happy fundraising!
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February 23rd, 2010 | Posted by Beth Pickard |
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Russ Smith was an avid athlete in high school and continued to enjoy sports through college and after graduation. Then, in 2002, life for Russ changed. He began to experience knee pain and went in for what should have been routine surgery. There were complications, and his knee eventually became completely immobilized.
Russ was subsequently admitted Read more→