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Idaho Gives Raises $579K

On Thursday, 6,192 people made 9,415 donations totaling $578,735 in a one-day blitz to raise money for more than 400 Idaho charities and nonprofits. The effort was the state’s first-ever Idaho Gives campaign. Top five large nonprofit recipients:

  • 1. Idaho Foodbank, $13,605
  • 2. Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest, $13,246
  • 3. Idaho Humane Society, $13,123
  • 4. Idaho Conservation League, $11,044
  • 5. Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley, $8,280

Question: Did you give to Idaho Gives Thursday?


Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/05/03/2561770/statewide-idaho-gives-day-of-philanthropy.html#storylink=twt#storylink=cpy


D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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