 Time is running out! The following charities still have a few numbers available for the Boston Marathon: Gay Men’s Domestic Violence Project - Learn more ReadBoston-Learn more Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries-Learn more  This morning’s Marathon Fundraising Panel in Boston was a great success! Over 30 attendees representing 27 Boston charity organizations gathered to exchange ideas about how to make the most of their fundraising efforts through endurance events. Panelists Kristina, Beth, and Ashley from Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary, Samaritans, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, respectively, shared their experiences [...] Getting up the motivation to run during the winter can be hard, especially if you’re a treadmill-hater. Last week we posted some valuable winter running tips to help you keep going through the ice and snow. Learn how to help your supporters raise money online for your nonprofit.  One of the most exciting things Team Firstgiving gets to do is connect athlete-fundraisers with charities who use endurance events to raise money online. As marathoners and triathletes who fundraise ourselves, we know a lot about training and fundraising, and we love to help athlete-fundraisers achieve their goals. Check out the fundraiser spotlight section on [...]  Will Weidman says he was born to run and completed a 100-mile endurance run last summer. He’s raised over $2,000 in support for Organs ‘R’ Us with his fundraising page. How does he do it? We were fortunate enough to catch Will out of his running shoes for a few moments and ask him. Why are [...]  Do you feel you’ve tapped into your network of family and friends and you’re still shy of your goal? Ask people you don’t know for a donation.  The first big snow hit Boston this weekend, and as the clouds came rolling in, out rolled my motivation to venture outside in my running shoes. When it comes to wintery mixes, I’d much rather be wearing these: My colleague BethL, however, is a bit more adventurous. She’s training for the Boston Marathon right [...]  One of the great things about a blog (and our blog is no exception), is that a lot of the content stays relevant after it’s posted. Beth wrote this post when she was training through the winter in 2007, and we thought we’d re-post these useful tips for those of you training through the winter [...]  Hundreds of runners clad in their holiday finest stopped traffic this weekend in the 9th Annual Santa Speedo Run. Runners raised over $143,000 [...] |
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