LCS: North Texas Giving Day tomorrow

Palo Pinto County nonprofit organizations will be taking donations tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 19, during the 18 hour long fundraising event North Texas Giving Day.

North Texas Giving Day is an area fundraiser where for 18 hours donations can be provided to nonprofits in a 20-county area. Palo Pinto County joins 19 other North Texas counties during the online giving day with over 2,200 registered nonprofits.

Communities Foundation of Texas created the online platform www.northtexasgivingday.org with searchable profiles for participating organizations, and last year many organizations took advantage of the fundraising program.

Last year, over $48 million was raised through more than 157,000 donations given to 2,690 nonprofits which brought the 10-year total to over $240 million raised for the area. Donors also pledged 430,000 volunteer hours.

In Palo Pinto County three organizations will be taking part in the event. They are Meals on Wheels of Palo Pinto County from Mineral Wells, Children’s Alliance Center for Palo Pinto County from Mineral Wells and Palo Pinto Mountains State Park Partners from Strawn.

For more information about North Texas Giving Day contact Communities Foundation of Texas at 214-750-4222, or by email at northtexasgivingday@cftexas.org.

For the rest of the story, see the Wednesday, Sept. 18 edition of The Graham Leader.