At GoFundMe we’re continually amazed by the generosity of friends, families & communities who come together to support one another. In just the last few weeks, more and more of your stories have been featured in local & national media. Below are just a few of the amazing stories happening on GoFundMe…
Family turns to internet to help lift burden of medical bills
by FoxNews Channel 31, Denver, CO
Donate:
http://www.gofundme.com/OwenMurray
Local Fundraisers Use Power of Social Media
by ABC News, Channel 12, Medford, OR
Donate:
http://www.gofundme.com/cgttg
Source:
http://kdrv.com/page/236221
The Cost Of Spastic Cerebral Palsy. One Patients Fight To Pay For A Wheelchair
Donate:
http://www.gofundme.com/bmmic
Sources:
http://www.inquisitr.com/174564/spastic-cerebral-palsy-the-fight-for-a-wheelchair/
http://beta.twit.tv/show/the-social-hour/41
A Fort Collins man makes a remarkable recovery…
by KWGN Channel 2, Colorado
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http://www.gofundme.com/chasescottgleason
U.S. Veteran set for transatlantic row to benefit Brighton’s Community Rowing, Inc.
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http://www.gofundme.com/transatlantic-row
Salmon Activist Draws Outpouring of Public Cash for Legal Battle
by Damien Gillis
If money talks, then the geyser of financial support that has sprung in the past few days for salmon activist Don Staniford’s legal defense speaks volumes.
Staniford – who has been described by aquaculture trade media as salmon farming’s “public enemy number one” – is being sued by the world’s second largest farmed salmon producer, Oslo-based Cermaq (operating as Mainstream in Canada), for defamation.
The trial, expected to run 20 days, begins today at the BC Supreme Court in Vancouver.
The company, whose biggest shareholder is the Norwegian Government, may have been banking on Staniford submitting to its demands out of court due to a lack of funds to pursue the case – but any chance of that happening disappeared over the past weekend when the activist raised over $20,000 in public donations for his legal battle. Continue Reading
Donate:
http://www.gofundme.com/donstaniford
Source:
http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/10694-salmon-and-goliath-the-case-of-don-staniford.html
Last April, German Cadenas received some good news from Arizona State University.
by Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today
Out of 125 applicants, Cadenas was one of seven accepted into a Ph.D. program in psychology. But paying for the program was even more challenging for Cadenas than a typical student. Because Cadenas, 24, a native of Venezuela, is an illegal immigrant, he must pay out-of-state tuition, which is twice as expensive as in-state rates. The same 5-year-old Arizona law that imposed out-of-state tuition rates also bars undocumented students from receiving any taxpayer-funded financial aid.
Undeterred, he created a Web page dubbed “German. Chasing his Dream!” on gofundme.com, a fundraising site. He started a blog chronicling his academic achievements to draw in more donations. And he began soliciting money on YouTube and on his Facebook page, which lists 942 friends… Continue Reading
Donate:
http://www.gofundme.com/germansdream
Source:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-09-13/college-immigrant-funding/50383374/1
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