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$2,400 for my 24th!

August 25th, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, socent, tech

So I wanted to do something productive to celebrate my birthday this year, I thought that it’d be great to use this opportunity to support a great organization doing meaningful work.

The fundraising campaign I’m participating in for my birthday is called “Brick by Brick,” and the funds raised will go towards an organization called Restore NYC, which fights sex trafficking in New York City. The Brick by Brick campaign will specifically be funding a safe house that Restore is building for sex trafficking survivors, the first of its kind in the city.

Every $30 raised will fund one day of operations for the Restore safe house, and every dollar *you* contribute will be matched by an anonymous donor. The goal is to raise $50,000 by the end of September.

Will you join me in helping to raise $2,400 for Restore NYC to celebrate my 24th birthday? To support this campaign, just click here:

Also, be sure to check out CauseVox, which is a NYC-based startup that has created a brandable platform for small and medium-sized non-profits to facilitate their fundraising. This Brick by Brick campaign for Restore NYC is run on the CauseVox platform, so big props to the co-founders, my friends Rob and Jeff. If you are involved with a non-profit and are interested in using the CauseVox platform for your fundraising, email them!

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  • mattacurtis
    This fundraising-for-your-bday effort is awesome and I can't think of a more worthy cause.

    I'm curious as to what made you set the bar at $2,400 (besides the obvious relationship to your 24th birthday). I think one characteristic of fundraising in general is that people tend to define goals that are too easily reached. $2,400 is definitely realistic, but goals should be specific, believable, and challenging. Your current goal is specific and believable, but not challenging.

    What about $24,000?
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