Day of Giving Success!

20161112_105318I want to start by giving a huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped us throughout this Day of Giving process! Without our combined efforts we would not have been able to surpass the match amount and raise $34,133.16!

This being Youth Odyssey’s first year on the Day of Giving we weren’t sure what to expect and were nervous about not making our $16,670 fundraising goal. So we had our board members create campaigns to promote the Day of Giving to their friends and connections to generate awareness.  We also  had a lot of help and insight from the Coastal Bend Community Foundation. The Foundation lined up numerous interviews with Kiii Channel 3 News for us.  These were integral in getting the word out, not just about the Day, but about Youth Odyssey too. A thank you to those of you who shared our many, many, many Facebook posts, widened our coverage area, and brought more attention to our mission.

Untitled designIn total we had 111 donors give to us on this Day of Giving, some of them were consistent patrons who believe in our cause but many of them were people who had never given to Youth Odyssey before. Aside from raising funds for our programming and camps, we (Youth Odyssey), were excited to be able to reach so many more people who may not have known about us. The more awareness we have within the community, the more opportunities we have for partnerships and fundraising down the line, which is what every nonprofit ideally wants. The more resources we can gather the more youth we can reach.

With this one day, 24-hour fundraiser, Youth Odyssey raised more money than any other fundraiser in our past.  Many thanks to so many people, businesses, connections, ambassadors, and outreach via social media and television. It was very much a team effort and we thank you all so much for helping us make our first time on the Coastal Bend Day of Giving a successful one!

THANK YOU!