"I was thinking about walking through the Jimmy Fund Clinic and seeing all the sick children, and just thinking that I hope someday there can be a better treatment for that, and I think funding is the closest thing I can do to try to find that."
The key jokes remain intact. “It puts the candle back. We are still putting the candle back,” said director Rosie Seitz Ayers, a staple of the Missoula theater community.
Missoula Gives Hopes to Raise $1 Million to Help Nonprofits
The annual ‘Missoula Gives’ fundraiser beings at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, and everyone is invited to listen, watch, and give to their favorite local nonprofit organizations. Marcy Allen is the Executive Director of the Missoula Community Foundation and she said this event is so vital in keeping the area’s nonprofits funded.
“Missoula Gives is a 26 hour online fundraising event,” Allen said. “We have over 163 organizations participating this year. It is a great way to celebrate our community. In this past year, we especially want to celebrate the work the non-profits have done for our community.”
Missoula Gives ready to kick off 26 hour fundraiser for area non-profits
Bitterroot non-profits also included in the million dollar effort
The 7th annual Missoula Gives and Bitterroot Gives kicks off a 26 hour celebration on Thursday in hopes of raising $1 million for area non-profits.
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MISSOULA â If this COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it s that community matters .
The 7th annual Missoula Gives and Bitterroot Gives kicks off a 26 hour celebration on Thursday in hopes of raising $1 million for area non-profits.
There are 163 area non-profits participating in the online fundraiser that supports everything from CASA to Garden City Ballet, non-profits that help with housing and food, the arts, and more.