Our friends at the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children just received about 20 more bib numbers for the Boston Marathon and are looking for charity runners to join their team.
Interested?  Contact Tom O’Toole by phone at 617.587.1533 or email totoole@mspcc.org.

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What is a virtual event, you ask? Well, we’ll tell you. A virtual event is one that doesn’t require its participants to be in the same place at the same time in order to participate. It can take place anywhere in the country (or the world), in any time zone. It [...]

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Part three in a mini-series on nuggets gleaned from our marathon fundraising panel experts.
Even more expert advice from Ashley, Beth and Kristina.  If you missed them, Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here.
6. Remind your fundraisers not to apologize when asking for donations

Very few people will sign up to run a marathon, let [...]

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Part two in a mini-series on nuggets gleaned from our marathon fundraising panel experts.
Expert advice, continued: here are more tips for success and getting the most out of marathon fundraising from Ashley, Beth, and Kristina.  If you missed Part 1, it’s here.
3.  Help your runners coordinate their marathon training schedule with their fundraising schedule.

Training begins [...]

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Part one in a mini-series on nuggets gleaned from our marathon fundraising panel experts.
Last week Firstgiving hosted a Marathon Fundraising Panel for local charities interested in endurance event fundraising.  We’ve got photos here.  Successful Boston Marathon fundraising team coordinators Ashley, Beth, and Kristina shared their wisdom on how to get the most out of marathon [...]

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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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