Well, I'm out to prove that good things do happen after midnight, if only on rare occasions. For my last post, I spent some time on the Homeless World Cup website, and I noticed that they have a way to do raise money for them online. So I started searching some of my favorite charities in the KC area to see if they offered similar programs. Unfortunately, none of them did directly, but I did come across a website called Firstgiving, where you can set up a website to raise funds for any number of charities. So I am.
As many of you already know, I'm planning on running in the KC Half-Marathon this coming October 18th. While this race does donate a good chunk of the proceeds to a couple of charities, I've decided to do my own fund raising for Harvesters, Kansas City's only food bank. With the recent economic downturn, more people are turning toward different charities for food, while fewer people are donating. I've seen more than a few local news stories about places running out of food, so I thought this would be a good charity to support.
A bit more about Harvesters:
Harvesters mission is to collect food and household products from community and industry sources and distribute those products through a network of non-profit agencies. Harvesters is an essential partner with over 550 charitable agencies throughout our 13-county service area in Greater Kansas City. These agencies include emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, day care centers and senior centers. Together we feed the weakest and most vulnerable members in our community - the sick, the elderly and the very young. Our mission doesn't end with the collection and distribution of food. We believe that a long-term solution to hunger involves leadership and outreach programs to increase community awareness of hunger and generate solutions to end hunger.
For now, I've set a goal of raising $500, mostly because I have no idea what would be an appropriate goal. I have less than a month until the race, but hopefully I'll be revising that figure sharply upward shortly. :)
To make a donation, simply visit my donation page at http://www.firstgiving.com/andylee or click the link of the right side of this post. Thanks!
As many of you already know, I'm planning on running in the KC Half-Marathon this coming October 18th. While this race does donate a good chunk of the proceeds to a couple of charities, I've decided to do my own fund raising for Harvesters, Kansas City's only food bank. With the recent economic downturn, more people are turning toward different charities for food, while fewer people are donating. I've seen more than a few local news stories about places running out of food, so I thought this would be a good charity to support.
A bit more about Harvesters:
Harvesters mission is to collect food and household products from community and industry sources and distribute those products through a network of non-profit agencies. Harvesters is an essential partner with over 550 charitable agencies throughout our 13-county service area in Greater Kansas City. These agencies include emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, day care centers and senior centers. Together we feed the weakest and most vulnerable members in our community - the sick, the elderly and the very young. Our mission doesn't end with the collection and distribution of food. We believe that a long-term solution to hunger involves leadership and outreach programs to increase community awareness of hunger and generate solutions to end hunger.
For now, I've set a goal of raising $500, mostly because I have no idea what would be an appropriate goal. I have less than a month until the race, but hopefully I'll be revising that figure sharply upward shortly. :)
To make a donation, simply visit my donation page at http://www.firstgiving.com/andylee or click the link of the right side of this post. Thanks!
Hi Andy!
Kudos from us at Firstgiving.com! We've highlighted your story on our blog at:
http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2008/09/a-way-out/