Tag: fundraising

  • It’s All About the Money

    Sometimes I wonder what drives people. Other times I wonder how they have any wheels at all. But most times, that driving force is very apparent through the actions of a person or group, and more often than not, their true motivation shines through. This morning the Tennessee Democratic Party is hosting a Unity Breakfast…

  • United Coal, The Quiet Company

    There’s a lot of things about East Tennessee that I don’t know, but I’m learning. Living on the exact opposite end of the state presents some challenges to that learning, but I’ve made a couple of trips over there, and have a couple more planned in the relatively near future. In researching last night’s post…

  • Chip In – Final Stretch

    It’s the last day of our “Chip In” fundraiser, and we’ve met one of the goals we set, but we still have another to knock down. Early this morning we passed $3000. As it stands right now we’re just 23 donors away from our second goal of 100 supporters. I know we can get this…

  • It’s About the Effort

    The past few days have been really exciting. About 20 Tennessee bloggers got together, led by Knoxville blogger R. Neal to work for a common goal: to Chip inraise funds for the TNDP and elections coming in 2010. Our expectations were low. We wanted to make a statement, but not overpromise and underdeliver. Tuesday, when…

  • Chip In Day 2

    As of 8am this morning we’ve raised $2554 with 63 donors. That’s pretty awesome for whipping something up in 24 hours, huh? Last night we raised our goal to raise $3000 and have 100 donors. We’re closing in on this new goal. Help us reach it so we can help turn Tennessee Blue! In the…

  • Chip In! UPDATED

    Update 11:28 CST: You guys are AWESOME! We hit our initial $1000 goal in just four and a half hours with 21 donors. Let’s keep the momentum going and up the ante. We want to see if we can get 50 donors, totaling $2000 by Friday. Any amount is appreciated. The goal is to hit,…