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2023: Suicide Prevention (3 organizations)

2022: Sending Wood Stoves to War-Torn Ukraine
  • Organization: Love Does
  • Fundraising Goal: $15,000
  • Funds raised: $28,650

2021: Seeking Safety for Survivors of Domestic Violence
  • Organization: Casa Myrna
  • Fundraising Goal: $15,000
  • Funds raised: $13,365

2020: Supporting Children Battling Cancer
  • Organization: One Mission
  • Fundraising Goal: $10,000
  • Funds raised: $8,555

2019: Fighting for the Freedom of Wrongly Incarcerated People

2018: Fighting Sex trafficking and Child Exploitation

  • Organization: Love146
  • Fundraising Goal: $10,000
  • Funds raised: $9,425

2017: Rohingya Refugee Relief

  • Organization: World Relief
  • Fundraising Goal: $10,000
  • Funds raised: $9,456
2016: Education Center and Medical Clinic in Guatemala

  • Organization:Potter's House in Guatemala
  • Fundraising Goal: $15,000 (to raise a total of $30,000 with a matching grant)
  • Funds raised: $6,500 raised (became $13,000 with matching grant)

2015: Aid for Syrian Refugee Children

  • Organization: World Vision
  • Fundraising Goal: $10,000
  • Funds raised: $8,800

2014: Child Protection for Kids in War & Conflict Areas

2013: IJM Rescue Missions
  • Organization: International Justice Mission
  • Goal: Fund 2 rescue missions ($4,500/rescue) in Africa, Latin America, South/Southeast Asia
  • Funds raised: $8,475
 
2012: Hope for Our Sisters Fistula Surgeries
  • Organization: Hope for Our Sisters, Inc.
  • Goal: Fund 20 fistula surgeries ($450/surgery) in Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia
  • Funds raised: $6,750 (15 surgeries)

2011: World Vision Orphanage
  • Organization: World Vision
  • Goal: Fund the construction of a new orphanage ($5,100) in Zambia or Uganda
  • Funds raised: $5,500

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