[ShareTompkins] Fwd: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Correction-Are you Looking to Fundraise for your Organization?

[Shira Evergreen]

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> From: Ray Weaver <weaver at cornell.edu>
> Subject: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Correction-Are you Looking to Fundraise for your Organization?
> Date: January 14, 2015 4:34:20 AM EST
> To: Ray Weaver <weaver at cornell.edu>
> Reply-To: "Sustainability in Tompkins County" <sustainable_tompkins-l at list.cornell.edu>
> 
> PEAKS helped 40 area NON-profit agencies raise over $170,000 in 2014! 
> 
> If you work for a local non-profit, are on their Board of Directors or have any type of fundraising duties, PEAKS may be just the tool you are looking for. PEAKS has the capabilities to fundraise using crowdfunding as it's vehicle.
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> Crowdfunding is a relatively new tool that allows organizations, both for-profit and non-profits alike, to raise funds in a nontraditional way. Crowdfunding is a virtual fundraising model that has gained popularity over the past few years. Over 3 billion dollars was raised internationally across hundreds of crowdfunding platforms between  2012-2014. Individuals, businesses and organizations create a campaign page online and send a link, along with an email asking for contributions, to family, friends, co-workers, business partners, etc. and then ask these individuals to forward the same message to their networks, causing an exponential growth in reach, awareness and donations.
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> PEAKS, a program of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, is our region’s only socially responsible crowdfunding platform. PEAKS has helped nearly 100 Tompkins County organizations raise over $400,000 since 2012. If your program or organization is a partner of Cornell Cooperative Extension, or is working in the areas of Agriculture, Community Development, Energy and Environment, Family and Consumer Sciences, Youth Development or Nutrition, or are working on social justice issues, PEAKS may be a great tool for you to use to supplement your existing fundraising efforts!
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> PEAKS can also be used as a registration tool for special fundraising events! PEAKS’ registration platform has been used for Healthy Food For All’s Harvest Dinners, CCE’s Food Preservation Classes, the Diversity Consortium,  the 4-H Duck Race and Color Splash Run and more. If you have an upcoming special event and need an inexpensive and organized way of selling tickets and collecting information from participants, consider using PEAKS!
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> If you, or your organization, would like more information, please visit our website at www.PEAKSmaker.com, see our new informational brochure here or contact Ray Weaver at weaver at cornell.edu or call 607-272-2292 to schedule an appointment to discuss how PEAKS may be able to supplement your fundraising efforts.
> 
> Raymond Weaver
> Public Affairs Coordinator 
> Director of PEAKS
> 

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