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March 30, 2016“I woke up from a dream, and in it I was drowning. When my eyes opened, I wasn’t drenched in sweat or gasping for air. I was simply lying on my back, looking up at the beige, cracked ceiling of my West End apartment…”— Nicolle Hodges, Montecristo Magazine -
April 22, 2016“A Norfolk Island political group has started a crowdfunding campaign to help restore self-government, which they say was taken in ‘a hostile and illegal takeover’…”— Georgia Hitch, ABC News
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“Thousands of fundraising dollars have poured in within hours of the arson attack on the community’s only mosque.”— Affan Chowdhry, The Globe and Mail
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January 24, 2014“An online fundraising campaign has been launched to set up a memorial fund in memory of Tim Jones, the longtime North Shore Rescue team leader who passed away unexpectedly.”— Yuliya Talmazan, Global News
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March 23, 2016“Four months since one of North Shore Rescue’s core members was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, things are going “really well” for Jay Piggot…”— Brent Richter, North Shore News
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March 3, 2016"An 8-year-old’s “heart of gold” has touched people all over the world with a campaign he recently launched to help pay for lunches of students from low-income families."— Kami Dimitrova, ABC News
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May 12, 2016“Each new week brings with it an abundance of new gadgets — whether devised by tech giants like Google and Samsung or pushed by hopeful entrepreneurs to Kickstarter, they run the gamut from useful to niche to tech that nobody really needs…”— Hayley Williams, Gizmodo
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April 11, 2016“Tryouts for this year’s Aprons For Gloves industry boxing matches are on the horizon. These details are copied from our inbox…”— Andrew Morrison, Scout Magazine
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May 4, 2016“Tom Hayes, the former banker convicted for his role in rigging the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), is trying to raise money for an appeal against his conviction using a crowdfunding platform…”— Will Martin, Business Insider
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May 9, 2016“A low-cost school breakfast club has had a “significant positive impact on students” and reduced late attendance of participants by 22 per cent, a new study shows…”— Gerry Bellett, The Vancouver Sun
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April 18, 2016“Daryl Hatton, es fundador y CEO de la plataforma de crowdfunding de Canadá FundRazr, cuya compañía organizó campañas de 1.032 canadienses en 2015, recaudando más de $ 3,8 millones y más de $ 25 millones para campañas de crowdfunding 37.000 desde su fundación…”— Eva Gomez, CrowdEmprende
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May 19, 2016“It seems like something out of science fiction or a bad infomercial. A wearable that lowers the temperature when pressed on the skin to help the body burn more calories and, in the process, cut more fat out of those problem areas?”— Ted Kritsonis, Yahoo! Tech
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April 8, 2016“Elaine Griffin is an Ardee native artist and musician now based in Westport, Co Mayo…”— Staff, Meath Chronicle
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April 6, 2016“Chefs, servers, mixologists, barbers, and anyone who is in any way associated with the service sector: the Aprons for Gloves Boxing Association wants you…”— Lucy Lau, The Georgia Straight
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May 23, 2016“The future Edmonton Tool Library is seeking financial backers so they can secure a location and move towards opening later this year…”— Alex Boyd, Metro Edmonton
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March 29, 2016“This year on Earth Day, the Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences (IESS) program at Trent University is bringing together experts, researchers, and people from across the world interested in creating transformative change for a three-day conference aimed at bringing together Indigenous teachings and traditional knowledge to address complex global environmental issues…”— Staff, Trent University
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March 10, 2016“FRIENDS who met at a Warwick football club are cycling 400 miles in support of an ex-teammate who has cancer…”— Editorial, Learnington Observer
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March 30, 2016“This year on Earth Day, the Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences (IIES) program at Trent University is bringing together experts, researchers, and people from across the world interested in creating transformative change for a three-day conference aimed at bringing together Indigenous teachings and traditional knowledge to address complex global environmental issues…”— Staff, Nation Talk
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April 20, 2016“After 22 years, Redding’s popular playground at Enterprise Park is due for a complete transformation…”— Staff, City of Redding
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April 22, 2016“A Norfolk Island political group has started a crowdfunding campaign to help restore self-government, which they say was taken in ‘a hostile and illegal takeover’…”— Georgia Hitch, ABC News
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March 23, 2016“Four months since one of North Shore Rescue’s core members was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, things are going “really well” for Jay Piggot…”— Brent Richter, North Shore News
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December 18, 2013“‘But everyone has been amazing,’ [said Rachel Torti.] ‘Just with nice thoughts and positivity. But then there have been people … I don’t even know if I will ever know who they are because they have donated anonymously. And then others, people who you have never heard of, businesses, have just been so unbelievably generous. It is amazing. We can never thank these people enough. They have given us a chance and that is all we could ever ask for, it is all that matters.’”— Amy Remeikis, Brisbane Times
