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Article: Firstgiving Runners Help Raise $1.9 Million for Charities in the 2009 Boston Marathon.
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- April 21, 2009
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844 Fundraising Pages Hosted Through Firstgiving.com
SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- Firstgiving.com, a leading web-based fundraising platform for nonprofit organizations, today announced results from its fundraising efforts for the 113th Boston Marathon. Comprising nearly half of the charity-focused entrants, Firstgiving's 844 runners have already raised $1,938,281 for 96 charities using Firstgiving technology. These preliminary numbers indicate that the final amount raised is an increase over 2008, for a fifth record-breaking year.
To run the Boston Marathon, a runner has to either post a qualifying time or raise money for one of the official charities ...