The Fauquier Free Clinic had received 203 donations totaling $24,732 through Give Piedmont Local as if 5 p.m. Tuesday, with seven hours remaining in the 24-hour fundraising blitz.
As of midnight, 3,742 donors had contributed $1,224,623 during the 24-hour online campaign.
That represents a 37-percent increase from last year’s total donations of $893,029.
The Northern Piedmont Community Foundation organizes the campaign, which has raised $5.8 million in seven years.
Give Piedmont Local this year includes 175 nonprofits in Fauquier, Culpeper, Rappahannock and Madison counties. Based on their annual budgets, 58 organizations qualify as “large” and 117 as “small.”
Final results for each participating organization will be available later.
The leaders, based on number of donations, of 5 p.m. Tuesday:
Large organizations
• Fauquier Free Clinic, $24,732 from 203 donors
• Fauquier SPCA, $40,165 from 145 donors
• Mental Health Association of Fauquier, $14,831 from 120 donors
• Front Royal Christian School, $6,823 from 100 donors
• Friends of the Rappahannock, $5,403 from 87 donors
• Hospice of the Piedmont, $6,989 from 57 donors
Small organizations
• The Cold War Museum, $13,708 from 149 donors
• Rappahannock Animal Welfare League, $9,854 from 126 donors
• RappCats, $19,362 from 121 donors
• Kid Pan Alley, $16,063 from 116 donors
• Rappahannock Food Pantry, $34,015 from 112 donors
• For The Cats’ Sake, $7,368 from 99 donors
High school seniors help
Area high school seniors provided $54,500 to the grand total, thanks to funding from the PATH Foundation.
This year’s program upped the ante substantially, increasing the value of student votes from $25 per selection to $100 per selection. The philanthropic-focused program encourages high school seniors to think about giving back to their communities, coinciding with Give Local Piedmont.
“Our hope with the program is for graduating seniors to think about giving back to the community, even though they are looking towards graduation and beyond,” PATH President/CEO Christy Connolly said. “This year is very different, of course. With so many traditions changed, it was important to us to continue this one.”
This year, 545 high school seniors across Fauquier, Rappahannock and Culpeper counties – from public and private schools – participated, a substantial drop from previous years. Though fewer seniors participated, the 400-percent increase in donation per selection makes this year’s high school giving program the largest amount to date.
= “We knew school closings would make this an especially challenging year for student participation, but we’re committed to the program and grateful we’ve been able to increase the value of their votes,” Ms. Connolly said. “Nonprofits always need community support, but even more so during these trying times.”
The leaders among high school seniors:
• Fauquier SPCA, 63 votes for $6,300.
• Fauquier Free Clinic, 29 votes for $2,900.
• Special Olympics Virginia Area 27, 22 votes for $2,200.
• Fauquier FISH, 19 votes for $1,900.
• A Little Heart, 18 votes for $1,800.
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