Tagged: gofundme

January 2, 2015 @ 11:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

During the final months of 2014, creator of airfare advice website Skiplagged Aktarer Zaman was faced with a lawsuit from United Airlines and its partner Orbitz, claiming that the 22-year-old was providing “unfair competition” along with promoting “strictly prohibited travel on his website. This is… Read More

December 31, 2014 @ 10:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, a friend of Warsaw, New York resident, Holly Todd, launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise $50,000 so she may receive proper treatment against a mysterious illness she acquired on missions trip to Haiti earlier this year. According to the campaign’s creator, Justin Jones,… Read More

December 30, 2014 @ 2:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, CrowdfundInsider shared details about Tennessee teenager Kaitlyn Smith launching a crowdfunding on GoFundMe to raise funds for her upcoming skin surgery. Smith weighed 414lbs and was seeking the help of doctors for a gastric bypass surgery so she may lose the unhealthy pounds she acquired over… Read More

December 26, 2014 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help her terminally ill sister battle an extremely rare cancer, Louisiana resident Ann Marie Haynie has launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe called Love for Liza Fund. According to the campaign, Liza discovered she had Synovial Sarcoma, which is found in the joints of the arm, neck… Read More

December 26, 2014 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in 2012, teenager Kaitlyn Smith weighed 414lbs and was seeking the help of doctors for a gastric bypass surgery so she may lose the unhealthy pounds she acquired over the years. After one unfortunate meeting with one doctor, Kaitlyn decided that she was going… Read More

December 12, 2014 @ 12:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing to do whatever it takes to stop the destruction of Ferguson, Missouri businesses, an initiative known as #FergusonRebuild has launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to help save many of the town’s shops after multiple riots, due to the jury’s decision to not indict… Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 4:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Showing support for Marie Gemmell and her two sons after they lost their lives in Monday morning’s Gaithersburg, Maryland plane crash, an identified friend of the family, Jennifer Miller, launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise $400,000 that will go towards the family so that they… Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 1:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this fall, “Girls” star Lena Dunham released her book Not that Kind of Girl. The new memoir exposed untold stories about the actress, including a sexual assault during her days at Oberlin College. Now, the man that was apparently involved in the situation, who is… Read More

December 1, 2014 @ 12:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

As the city of Ferguson continues to experience riots and devastation following the jury’s decision to not indict police officer Darren Wilson for the killing of teenager, Michael Brown, more and more business owners are launching crowdfunding campaigns on GoFundMe for receive more help in… Read More

December 1, 2014 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

New Ferguson-based organization, Hands Up United, hit GoFundMe last week to raise funds for a new program called Ferguson First Youth Tech Program, which is aiming to help the city’s youth with technological projects. According to the campaign’s description, Hands Up United is a youth led movement… Read More

November 27, 2014 @ 8:33 am By JD Alois  |  

The events surrounding the shooting death in the small town of  Ferguson, Missouri have certainly been tragic and unfortunate.  But occasionally some events that inspire rise to the surface contrasting despair with hope.  Natalie’s Cakes and More, operated by Natalie Dubose from Ferguson, saw here… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, an alleged Iraq war veteran known as Kevin Fish debuted his crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise $4,000 for what he noted to be his final trip to his family in Louisiana before he died from bone cancer. Fish shared on the… Read More

November 22, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Turning to the crowd after a very unfortunate circumstance, a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign has been launched to raise $950,000 for Canadian couple so they may pay off a medical bill that they received after the birth of their daughter in Hawaii. According to the campaign,… Read More

November 20, 2014 @ 9:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, an Abbeville, Louisiana woman was arrested for “defrauding donors” through a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe. According to an Austin, Texas news station, Taylor, Texas law enforcement officials stated that Fallon Mouton raised $4,600 through the campaign for a Texas man, Moses Perez,… Read More

November 12, 2014 @ 4:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, a group of students at Boston University hit GoFundMe to raise $70,000 for the independent student-ran newspaper, The Daily Free Press. According to the campaign, the new paper will stop publishing its weekly print edition on December 31st if the media outlet doesn’t pay its… Read More

November 12, 2014 @ 2:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday (November 10th), former producer of Rover’s Morning Glory radio show, Rob Garguilo, received the devastating news that his girlfriend and two children were struck by a vehicle while trying to cross a street. His five week old daughter, Serena, unfortunately passed away this morning… Read More

November 6, 2014 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

The internet can be a weird place sometimes.  From expensive Uber rides to Potato Salad crowdfunding campaigns sometimes I just don’t quite understand.  Last weekend we wrote about Gabrielle Wathen who stumbled into the internet vortex as she rather innocently launched a crowdfunding campaign on… Read More

November 4, 2014 @ 2:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last Friday (October 31st), Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo suffered a suborbital spaceliner accident and crashed in the desert of Mojave, California. One test pilot, Michael Alsbury, was killed, while another, Peter Siebold, was injured in the crash. Space.com reported that acting chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, Christopher Hart, stated an… Read More

November 3, 2014 @ 4:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to help protestors take on the famous pipeline expert, Kinder Morgan, a group known as Land Defenders has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $40,000 for their legal defense team after the company served them with a $5.6 million dollar lawsuit. According to the Vancouver… Read More

November 2, 2014 @ 6:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Gabrielle Wathen got more than she bargained for when she got nailed for an Uber charge of $362 dollars.  After realizing she was on the hook to pay Uber’s somewhat usurious peak charges she took a practical approach and hit GoFundMe to crowdfund the bill…. Read More