GoodGiving Guide Challenge 2012
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The annual interactive charity campaign is back, better and bigger
bout this time last year, we were really anxious, and nervous. A lot of work, and years of envisioning, had gone into the first GoodGiving Guide Challenge, and everything, somehow, had come together . We at Smiley Pete Publishing, in a partnership with Blue Grass Community Foundation, had done our part, and now it was time for our readers, and the Lexington community as a whole, to log on and show up. Would they do it? Would the site crash? You can understand our trepidation. Then the first day of the campaign rolled around, the site went live, and the generosity came pouring in. By the end of the first day, the campaign had raised over $25,000 for area non-profits, and a round of back-patting and congratulations went through the office. After it was all said and done, over 1,500 donors contributed more than $204,000 in support of 58 Lexington organizations – eclipsing our original goal of a mere $100,000. If you didn’t donate last year, we understand how guilty you are probably feeling right now. Fortunately, you have a chance to redeem yourself this year , and there are even more charities and non-profits from which to choose, and even more incentives to encourage you to donate. This year we are campaigning for 68 central Kentucky nonprofit organizations, not only from Fayette County, but Bourbon, Clark, Jessamine, Madison, Scott and W oodford counties. The or ganizations included in this year’s guide have met the high or ganizational standards required by our partners at Blue Grass Community Foundation. These non-profits committed to transparency, accountability and best practices so you can be assured that the donations you make will be responsibly managed to benefit the causes you choose to support. The 2012 GoodGiving Guide goal is to raise more than $400,000 for the participating non-profits. All money donated goes directly to the non-profits without any administrative costs. However, raising money for these or ganizations isn’t the only facet of this campaign and its accompanying guide (inserted in this magazine). That’s very important, of course, but the goal of the campaign is also to encourage people who do not regularly give to make a donation, while especially trying to engage the 35 and younger crowd, and to educate our readers about the wide variety of services our area nonprofits provide. The 2012 GoodGiving Guide Challenge runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31. W e hope many of you will take the time to log on and donate, and please remember to check the website www.goodgivingguide.net for a list of all sorts of matching grant challenges and other awards that the non-profits can be eligible for . Between now and the end of the campaign, this magazine will be pulling out interesting information as it unfolds to share with our readers – as a way of keeping the campaign fresh, and to remind readers that they should get in on the action.
NEW LISTING
3340 MONTAVESTA RD.
2756 SULLIVANS TRACE
LANS-MERRICK
Kearney Hall
$150,000
$164,500 NEW PRICE
212 EASTIN RD.
2105 BROADHEAD PL.
Deepwood
HARTLAND
$235,000
$312,000 NEW PRICE
NEW LISTING
– CHEVY CHASER STAFF
377 HENRY CLAY BLVD.
720 CENTRAL AVE.
FAIRWAY
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$325,000
$429,000 NEW PRICE
NEW PRICE
224 CLINTON RD.
2937 FOUR PINES DR.
Ashland Park/Chevy Chase
Four Pines
$599,000
$1,975,000
Rick Queen 859.221.3616 cell rickqueen@aol.com www.turftown.com
chevy chaser magazine november 2012
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