Columbus nonprofits gear up for Georgia Gives Day fundraiser

Donors looking for an easy way to support their favorite charities will have another opportunity Tuesday when a statewide 24-hour giving marathon begins.

This year, the annual Georgia Gives Day will be held in partnership with the global #GivingTuesday initiative, involving all 50 states and 97 countries.

At GAgives.org, there are about 46 Columbus nonprofits participating. Donors are encouraged to donate on Tuesday, and to help inspire more giving by sharing news of their gifts on social media – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and elsewhere — with the tags #GAgives and #GivingTuesday.

“Building on the year-over-year growth both campaigns have seen since they launched in 2012, the joint effort is increasing support for the thousands of participating Georgia nonprofits, and expanding awareness of the work nonprofits do to strengthen communities and enrich lives,” according to a news release issued by the Georgia Center for Nonprofits. “The campaign’s hub is GAgives.org, which brings together 3,000 of our state’s charities to make it easy for Georgians to select a cause that matters to them, learn about the work of individual nonprofits, and donate directly to them.”

GAgives, rooted in the Thanksgiving season, has raised more than $14 million in donations for Georgia nonprofits since 2012.

“Led by the Georgia Center for Nonprofits, the GAgives initiative maintains an online fundraising platform, GAgives.org, free to use for any registered 501c3 in the state,” according to the release. “It also helps teach and mobilize everyone with a stake in the community – organizations, corporate sponsors, government agencies, media partners, and citizens – to raise awareness and support for nonprofits.”

The Columbus nonprofits participating include:

▪ Columbus Symphony Orchestra

▪ RiverCenter for the Performing Arts

▪ Voice of the Valley

▪  Family Theatre

▪ Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus

▪ Boys and Girls of the Chattahoochee Valley

▪  Columbus Technical College

▪  National Civil War Naval Museum

▪  Hughston Foundation

▪  Let’s Grow STEAMx

▪ Auditory-Verbal Center Inc.

▪ Autism Hope Center Inc.

▪ Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Chattahoochee Valley

▪ Brown Bag of Columbus

▪ Calvary Christian School

▪ Chattahoochee Council Boy Scouts America

▪ Chattahoochee County Historic Preservation Society Inc.

▪ Chattahoochee Valley Episcopal Ministry Inc.

▪ Columbus Alliance for Battered Women Inc.

▪ Columbus Area Habitat for Humanity

▪ Columbus Hospice Inc.

▪ Columbus State University Foundation

▪ Columbus Technical College

▪ Duma’s Foundation

▪ Enrichment Services Program Inc.

▪ West Central Georgia Fellowship of Christian Athletes

▪ Georgia Conservancy

▪ Georgia Transplant Foundation

▪ Girls Inc. of Columbus

▪ Healing for Heroes Inc.

▪ Historic Columbus Foundation Inc.

▪ Live Healthy Columbus

▪ MercyMed of Columbus

▪ Midtown Inc.

▪ Mission Columbus Medical Clinic, D/BA Good Shepherd

▪ Muscogee County Friends of Libraries

▪ The Muscogee County Library Foundation Fund at the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley

▪ The Muscogee Educational Excellence Foundation

▪ Muscular Dystrophy Association

▪ National Infantry Museum

▪ NeighborWorks Columbus

▪ Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve Initiative

▪ Open Door Community House Inc.

▪ PAGE Foundation

▪ The Pastoral Institute

▪ Riverdale-Porterdale Cemetery Foundation, Inc.

▪ Ronald McDonald House Charities of West, Georgia

▪ Sound Choices Pregnancy Clinic

▪ Springer Opera House Arts Association Inc.

▪ The Columbus Museum

▪ The House of God Inc.

▪ The Junior League of Columbus Inc.

▪ The Wynn House Inc.

▪ Trees of Columbus Inc.

▪ Truth Spring Academy

▪ United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley

▪ Valley Rescue Mission

This story was originally published November 27, 2017 at 5:41 PM with the headline "Columbus nonprofits gear up for Georgia Gives Day fundraiser."