With one more week left in the first annual GoodGiving Guide Challenge, created in partnership by the Blue Grass Community Foundation and Smiley Pete Publishing, the 58 participating nonprofits have collected more than $110,000 in donations from the community, and the contributions are still coming in.
Here's what some local nonprofit leaders had to say about the fundraising event, and how their organizations have fared in their donation collections through December 15:
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Lexington: 39 gifts received, $3,955 in total donations
At Catholic Charities, we are amazed by how the community has embraced this initiative. People have been so generous. Right now, things in the nonprofit world are very discouraging, so many people are still unemployed, funds to provide services are limited or can't keep pace with the needs. The Good Giving Guide Challenge has come at just the right time. It is an affirmation to all of us in social services that the community values our work.
- Ruslyn Case-Compton, director, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Lexington