In The News
Stories that caught our eye
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January 10, 2018"Online donation sites are booming as patients with little or no health insurance turn to strangers to help pay medical costs..."— Barney Jopson, Financial Times -
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 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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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 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
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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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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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May 13, 2016“The Georgian Triangle Humane Society is reminding residents to call them and make a plan instead of leaving kittens on their doorstep after hours…”— John Edwards, Simcoe.com
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May 22, 2016“Gunnar Sudsbury is only 4 years old but he already knows the value of service to his community…”— Kris Capps, Newsminer
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April 27, 2016“Norfolk Island will be colonized by Australia in July. Renowned lawyer Geoffrey Robertson explains why he is representing the island’s 1700 people who are desperate to remain free…”— Geoffrey Robertson, The Daily Beast
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January 10, 2018"Online donation sites are booming as patients with little or no health insurance turn to strangers to help pay medical costs..."— Barney Jopson, Financial Times
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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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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 11, 2017"Independent local researchers are raising money for the third phase of a groundbreaking study that uses a pharmaceutical grade version of the party drug ecstasy to treat patients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder..."— Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun
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May 13, 2016“Imagine a vest that you put on and you just start burning calories? Well, apparently it exists and it’s called Thin Ice…”— Michael Sawh, Wareable
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April 5, 2016“In elementary school, I was never known for my athletic prowess. You could always count on me being one of the last kids chosen for a team…”— Sheryl Rooth, The Londoner
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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 7, 2016“An Ardee native who suffers from chronic Lyme Disease is using this weekend’s Connemara half-marathon to help raise awareness about the condition – and her Ardee-based brother is helping fundraise for the cause…”— Staff, This is Ardee
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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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March 31, 2016“Once a niche funding source for personal projects and products no consumer would ever want to buy, crowdfunding has evolved into a legitimate, common form of capital for startups and innovative businesses…”— Robert Gold, Profit Guide
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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 30, 2016“Imagine being trapped in a body that just feels wrong, like it’s not yours. That’s how Los Osos artist RawfeyL Gene Burge felt from an early age…”— Glen Starkey, SantaMaria Sun
