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2022 Giving Challenge | Impact Testimonials

Sharing Campaigns of Connection, Collaboration, and Coming Together

May 17, 2024

2024 Giving Challenge Competitive Campaign Prizes Awarded to 63 Nonprofits

By Press Release, Blog, Homepage - Blog,

Nearly $100,000 was awarded to organizations through contests of creativity and strategy. SARASOTA, FL – Prizes for the 2024 Giving Challenge have been announced, with an additional 63…

May 9, 2024

Hope in the face of opportunity

By Press Release, Blog, Roxie Jerde, Homepage - Blog,

It is human nature to rush in to help in the aftermath of a crisis. We see it time and again after natural disasters or accidents, the immediate aid given to help restore normalcy. While this…

May 1, 2024

Numbers

By Blog, Roxie Jerde, Homepage Spotlight Item,

One of the great joys and excitements of the Giving Challenge is the numbers. The ticker rapidly rolls for 24 hours, a mesmerizing sight. Many people find themselves fixated by the leaderboard…

April 10, 2024

Community Raises $17.2 Million in 24-Hour Giving Challenge!

By Press Release, Blog,

More than $92 million has been raised since 2012 through nine online giving events supporting nonprofit efforts to address community needs and opportunities. SARASOTA, FL – Within 24 h…

April 5, 2024

Ready, set ... give!

By Blog, Observer Media Group,

Philanthropy is like a sport in Sarasota-Manatee. It is no surprise Sarasota has its own Super Bowl of giving. Turn on your generosity engine. On GivingChallenge.org a countdown clock ticks…

April 2, 2024

Best 2024 Giving Challenge Video Winners

By Blog,

It's so exciting and heartwarming to see how many local nonprofits there are talking about the upcoming 2024 Giving Challenge! As part of the festivities leading up to the event, the Community…

April 1, 2024

The Power of One

By Blog, Roxie Jerde, Homepage Spotlight Item, The Patterson Foundation,

Many of us can look back and recall a person that had an enormous impact on our life. These special people may have been ordinary in many ways, but their kindness and generosity at a time when…

March 28, 2024

Giving Challenge's “100 Percent Club” Gains Members

By Press Release, Blog, Homepage - Blog,

Three additional donors working with Community Foundation of Sarasota County will donate $100 to all 724 nonprofits in 2024 Giving Challenge FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Inspired by Joe and M…

March 15, 2024

Sarasota Couple Will Donate $100 to All 728 Giving Challenge Nonprofit Participants

By Press Release, Blog, Homepage - Blog,

Repeating their leadership in 2022, Joe and Mary Kay Henson have agreed to ignite the “100% Club” and inspire others to join FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Just as they did in 2022,…

November 16, 2023

Nonprofit Organizations Gear Up for the 2024 Giving Challenge

By Press Release, Blog, Homepage - Blog,

Registration is now open for the 24-hour online giving event, hosted by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— For the hundreds of nonprofit organizations ex…

October 25, 2023

The Giving Challenge Kept Our Music Playing

By Blog,

The members of the Manatee Community Concert Band are extremely grateful to the Giving Challenge for our inclusion in your 2022 fundraising campaign. Participation allowed our band to not only…

October 25, 2023

It happened because of YOU ~ thank YOU

By Blog,

The Giving Challenge has been a blessing to our organization. During the pandemic we didn't know if our doors would stay open, the Giving Challenge made a way. Both in 2020 and 2022 our church…

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