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Bay Area Toxic

Published

5/4/09

  • The NewsBash Fundraiser Party

    The NewsBash

    This past Thursday Spot.Us had its first big fundraising event to help support our ongoing collaboration with NewsDesk.org that will examine toxic hotspots in the Bay Area. Thanks to the folks at New Delhi Indian restaurant we had space and finger food. All that was needed was music and guests to have a good time.

    With the feeling of momentum and a community behind us reporting has started (see below).

    In the end we raised $400 or 26 percent of our goal in one night!!!! When we started fundraising for the event we had just over 30 percent of our goal which is $1,500.

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    And now we have more than 50 percent of our goal. A BIG thank you should go out to all who participated.

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    I hope that a good time was had by all…

    This event was a successful experiment and I hope we can have more in the future. If you are interested in helping Spot.Us have a house party or any other kind of in-person fundraising event - please contact us. I believe there is something to learn here for nonprofit journalism. Identify the cause and then gather a community of people together to fundraise.

    Posted by Spot. Us on 05/04/09
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    100% funded
    • about 1 year overdue
    • 1,790.00 credits raised

    Individual Donors

    • 1,790.00 credits donated to the story
    • (69 supporters)

    Group Support

    • 1,790.00 credits donated to the story
    • (2 supporters)
    • Liza Pike
    • Hannah Bassett

    Organization Support

    • 110.00 credits donated to the story
    • (3 supporters)
    • Harnisch Foundation
    • San Francisco Public Press
    • EmpireReport.com

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