ALLEGHANY COUNTY, Va. – UPDATE
The first-ever Give Local Alleghany Highlands shattered its record!
In just 24 hours, more than 600 people donated over $175,476.
The foundation’s original goal was $70,000, and they reached that by 10 a.m. on Tuesday.
The Alleghany Highlands Arts & Crafts Center raised the most money for a large nonprofit, and the Clifton Forge School of the Arts raised the most for a small nonprofit.
ORIGINAL STORY
Tuesday marks the first-ever 24-hour give day for Alleghany County it’s proven to be quite the success.
The Alleghany Foundation launched Give Local Alleghany Highlands at 12 a.m. Tuesday with a goal of raising $70,000 for area nonprofits within 24 hours.
Well, that goal was met by 10 a.m.
The idea for the 24-hour fundraising event came about after so many in-person fundraisers were canceled last year because of the pandemic.
“We were looking for a way to create an event that could generate some of the excitement of those in-person fundraisers that would help the non-profits raise money online and so we felt the giving day was kind of the perfect way to match that excitement and the energy of an in-person event while still being able to keep everything safe,” said Alleghany Foundation fellow Daniel Grizzard.
Twenty-nine area non-profits are benefiting from the day of giving ranging from arts to health care.
As of 9:30 p.m., they’ve raised nearly $170,000.