Press Release
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The Community Foundation for Crawford County held its annual Match Day fundraiser in conjunction with #GivingTuesday. The first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, #GivingTuesday harnesses the power of social media to create a national movement around the holidays dedicated to giving, just as Black Friday and Cyber Monday have become days synonymous with holiday shopping.
“This year we held our annual Match Day on #GivingTuesday,” explained Lisa Workman, the Foundation’s President. “Since so much of the success of #GivingTuesday revolves around using social media to raise funds, we invited Crawford County to join our virtual party and solicit their friends and contacts online, asking for donations to the foundation.”
On Dec. 2, the community raised $49,439, surpassing last year’s total by over $2,000. The Foundation’s Board will be contributing an additional 50 cents on the dollar raised to the endowment funds of the participating agencies and schools.
Next year’s Match Day will be held on #GivingTuesday, December 1, 2015.