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Scottsdale asks on GoFundMe cover a wide range BY J. GRABER AND CECILIA CHAN Progress Staff Writers
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he holidays aren’t the only season for giving and spreading kindness. For crowdfunding platforms, such as GoFundMe, it’s year-long. Since its launch in 2010 the Californiabased GoFundMe has become the go-to online fundraising tool for charities and just about anybody who wants the public to help bankroll their expenses – including in Scottsdale. Within minutes someone can set up a
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money request on the global site, which to date has helped individuals and charities raise over $25 billion, according to GoFundMe. The requests this year for donations run the gamut and include classroom supplies, Girl Scout projects and relief efforts for crisis events such as Hurricane Ian in Florida and the war in Ukraine. The “Stand with Ukraine” fundraiser launched by actors Mila and Ashton Kutcher in partnership with GoFundMe is the platform’s second-largest campaign of all time, raising $37 million
from over 75,000 donations. For 2022, there’s been a 110% increase in money raised for baby formula, 60% increase for gasoline and 10% for groceries, GoFundMe reported. With a donation made every single second, 28 million people so far this year have sent or received funding, the public nonprofit said. In Scottsdale, over 500 people and groups have set up an account on the see
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Graham ready to roll up Right in their league his sleeves on council BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
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Sunday, JANUARY 8, 2023
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ith his successful quest for a Scottsdale City Council seat now in the rear view mirror, Barry Graham is preparing for his next hurdle – getting his agenda passed, even though he is just one of seven members. Graham, who will be sworn into office along with incumbents Solange Whitehead (who won her second term-on council) and Kathy Littlefield (who won her third and final term
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on council), at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, already has his office at City Hall decorated and a fourpoint agenda prepared. But he has his work cut out for him. Graham’s agenda includes: • Doubling the 750-foot notification boundary on rezoning requests; • Requiring conditions be see
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Scottsdale Senior Softball League members last week proved baseball isn’t the only thing on their mind. Moved by the plight of so many elderly struggling to afford food, players, including Raymond Gomez, Gail Deal, Michael Cain, Jim Lenzo and Ron Wright, collected over 1,400 pounds of donated food items for the Vista del Camino Food Bank and delivered it last week. Read more about their effort on page 29. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)
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