Doug, Sam, and Dan say, “Thank you for supporting Our Place!”
Only a few weeks after receiving their 501c3 nonprofit status from the IRS, the Our Place board of directors sprang into action to let everyone know about NH Gives. We posted on social media, emailed and called all our friends and family and got people psyched to donate to this great cause. The community came back with such a show of support that we far exceeded our initial goals. It was a very exciting 24 hours.
The first $250,000 of the fund drive was matched by the New Hampshire Charitable Trust. We managed to claim $4000 of that money. It was gone in the first few minutes! Our donors kept on giving throughout the 24-hour fundraiser and we watched the numbers soar.
With this money we can really get Our Place off the ground. We will be able to pay for grant writing assistance and more publicity to get more corporate sponsors. We actually have a bank account now and some employers such as Liberty Mutual have added us as a charity for donations with matching funds for their employees. We can’t express enough how grateful we are to all the people who have donated to Our Place and we also thank NHGives for letting us be a part of this amazing fundraiser.