Help LO partner with The Girl Effect Fund this October 19
Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 3:02PM As you may have read in our newsletter, Lotus Outreach has an incredible opportunity to join forces with an international powerhouse dedicated to beating poverty by empowering girls. The Girl Effect, a movement created by the Nike and Novo Foundations, has teamed up with the online philanthropic marketplace GlobalGiving to launch a fundraising challenge to organizations capitalizing on the power of females.
Lotus Outreach has already made the first cut! We proposed our Blossom Bus project and the Girl Effect Challenge accepted. Guaranteeing that 100 young women in Mewat, India can attend secondary school is a cause that deserves a chance to win.
Twelve projects will be spotlighted on the Girl Effect’s GlobalGiving fundraising page for one full year, granting what for many of them will be unprecedented exposure to tens of thousands of donors. Spots will be given to six projects that attract the largest number of unique donors, and the next six will be selected based on innovation and impact.
We want to secure our place among the first set. The organizations which receive donations from the most donors - not the most money - will win. Once the contest opens on October 15, we need YOU to rally your friends and family to donate to the Blossom Bus.
The minimum donation is $10, and we're sure that our fans (YOU!) can bring in more of those than about 50 other projects in the running. The Challenge will remain open until November 15, but another campaign offered by GlobalGiving makes one day better than all the rest: October 19. On that day GlobalGiving is giving away $100,000 to match all donations (up to $1,000) 30 percent. On Wednesday the 19th, every $10 donation to the Blossom Bus receives an extra $.30; every $100 donation receives a $30 bonus, and a $1,000 donation picks up a cool $300.
Not excited about the Girl Effect yet? Check out this video by FITE, and we bet you'll be ready to jump on the Blossom Bus, too.
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