3 Days of Giving
Spring 2 Action Alexandria
Thank You Alexandria!
Alexandria – you are a city full of ACTion Heroes who know how to respond to a challenge! Thanks to everyone who gave over the 3-day Spring2ACTion event and helped us take local giving to a whole new level.
Your donations will make a huge difference to the nonprofits serving children, youth and families in our City. Thank you for proving once again that Alexandria is the most generous online giving city in America. Stay tuned for Spring2ACTion 2012!
+ $76,323 in Online Donations
+ $27,833 in Matching Grants
= $104,156 Total Raised.
Nonprofit Winners
Based on the most number of unique donors.
- 1st Place & $5,000 – Empowered Women International
- 2nd Place & $2,500 – The Art League
- 3rd Place & $1,500 – Center for Alexandria’s Children
- 7th Place & Laptop – Alexandria Seaport Foundation
- 11th Place & iPad – Healthy Families Alexandria
- 17th Place & $250 Target Gift Card – Carpenter’s Shelter
- 22nd Place & FlipCam – Quintango
- 35th Place & Bittersweet Catered Party – Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Persons
- Just Because Prize (randomly drawn) – Computer C.O.R.E.
1. The x2 match icon displays match status as of 5/5/2011 8am EST. Please click on the icon to see live status of match.
About Spring2ACTion
Spring2ACTion is 3-day innovative online community-wide fundraising event designed to inspire unprecedented levels of charitable giving in our City. Every donation gives your favorite organization the chance to win even more money through matching donations and prizes. Spring2ACTion is transforming Alexandria philanthropy into a massive grassroots effort. This event is initiative of ACT and ACTion Alexandria.
– For more information about Spring2ACTion or ACTion Alexandria, please contact Tracy Viselli at tracy.viselli@actforalexandria.org or 703-739-7778.
Thank You Video
Everyone’s Talking about Spring2ACTion
“Thank you Spring2ACTion for making philanthropy accessible to all and raising much needed funds for the arts, women and children in our community. No small donation was too small in this campaign!”
— Marga Fripp, Empowered Women International
“What a great 3 days of events and terrific outpouring of support for families in Alexandria! ALIVE! was delighted to be involved and blessed by donations of over $2000, plus a $1000 matching grant. Many thanks to ACT for pulling this off and to the many donors who were so generous!”
— Cheryl Malloy, ALIVE!
"When everybody helps, everybody benefits. ACT and Spring2ACTion bring that spirit to Alexandria, big time!”
— Thomson M. Hirst, Mason Hirst Foundation
“Spring2ACTion was too much fun and I can't wait for next year! The RunningBrooke Fund had 77 unique donors and raised $8,420.00 in just 3 days. Awesome!!”
— Brooke Curran, RunningBrooke Fund
“We’ve wanted to do an online fundraiser for years and you gave us the opportunity! It brought synergy and excitement to our group – it was tremendous! Thank you for bringing the community together.”
— Nina Randolph, Healthy Families Alexandria
ACTion Hero Winners $100 donated to their designated nonprofit organization
- Elizabeth C. — ALIVE!
- Cheryl M. — ALIVE!
- Margaret M. — Animal Welfare League of Alexandria
- Kenneth H. — At Home in Alexandria
- Nicholas P. — Center for Alexandria’s Children
- Elizabeth A. — Christ Church
- Karen P. — Computer C.O.R.E.
- Bo P. — Computer C.O.R.E.
- Suzanne G. — Empowered Women International
- Barbara S. — Friends of Guest House
- Rodger D. — Friends of the Alexandria Mental Health Center
- Jeanne D. — Gadsby’s Taverns
- Beth D. — The Giving Circle of Alexandria
- Melody H. — Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Persons
- Jacqueline S. — SCAN of Northern Virginia
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