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 [...]

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Learn how to help your supporters raise money online for your nonprofit.
Do you have supporters fundraising and running in a spring marathon? If they haven’t started their training and fundraising yet, they’re about to.
Firstgiving is hosting an expert panel discussion on Wednesday, January 14 from 8:00-10:00 AM at the Hyatt Regency Boston.
Learn from and share [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Do you have a Boston Marathon charity team? If so, please take Firstgiving up on our offer for a free fundraising training session.
Many of your runners are more nervous about raising $3,000+ than they are about running the 26.2 miles.
Firstgiving can help alleviate their concerns by attending your kick-off meeting and showing your runners how [...]

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If you’ve been following Ryan Hall’s marathon career, you may have heard: he’s running the 2009 Boston Marathon as part of the John Hancock Elite Team.
Hall finished 10th at the Beijing Olympics with the best U.S. finish in 32 years, inspired a bunch of Firstgiving fundraisers to raise money online and run the Chicago Marathon [...]

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Runners, meet the charities with 2009 Boston Marathon numbers. They’re looking for good people like you - runners who want to make a difference.

Boston Partners in Education - Learn more
To apply, email Matthew Allen or call him at 617-451-6145

Brigham and Women’s Hospital - Learn more
To apply, email Suzanne Leidel or call 617-424-4309

Charlestown Lacrosse
To apply, email Bob [...]

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The deadline for most official Boston Marathon Charity program applications is Friday, October 31, 2008.
These applications can be daunting, and may induce flashbacks to college application essays in some marathon hopefuls. Don’t worry; the charities aren’t interested in the quality of your prose. They just want honest answers, so they can be sure you will [...]

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The start of fall can mean only one thing for runners here in Boston: time to start planning for Boston Marathon 2009. Last week Beth wrote about how to get a Boston Marathon number, and it was our most read post to date. Needless to say, it seems we’ve hit a nerve with our running [...]

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