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We 💚 Silver Spring, Maryland! Our GoFundMe community team - Amanda Brown Lierman, Lili Strasser, and Kelsea Little - recently went to the local farmers market to thank community members for all they do to contribute to Silver Spring being one of the most generous cities in America! How do we know? Last year, over 31,000 residents donated to a fundraiser on GoFundMe. We are so happy to celebrate the kindness that the people in this community showed to each other and beyond. If you want to learn more about GoFundMe’s Most Generous Cities, you can check out the 2023 Year In Help Report: https://gfme.co/3zvlleY And follow us here on LinkedIn, because we’ll share the 2024 list later this year!

We 💚 our kindness creators! Jesús Morales, who’s known to his 6+ million followers as juixxe, has built his fanbase by surprising everyday people with grand gestures. Over the last year, one of those gestures is to pick up a group of labor workers and take them to Disneyland for the day. “I know my intentions, and my intentions are pure. If nobody knew my name, or my username, I could care less, to be honest,” he told CNN. “And in the most respectful way, I just want to keep doing things like this. Social media has allowed me to be able to do things like this. And who knows what other amazing things we can do.” Morales occasionally starts fundraisers to support the people he meets. So far, he and his followers have raised more than $200,000 on GoFundMe. Read more on CNN: https://gfme.co/3yQq4YA

June marks the beginning of hurricane season in the US, and experts predict a particularly active few months ahead, so we’re sharing our Hurricane Relief Fund: https://lnkd.in/g-S-MyNE. This fund provides swift, direct support to individuals and communities impacted by hurricanes. Every donation to this relief fund is meaningful, and helps ensure that grants can be sent out as soon as a crisis happens. Together, we can show up for people in times of crisis.

Icons is a gay piano bar in Colorado Springs that became a safe space for many since it opened in 2020. But in December, a neighboring business caught fire and Icons was permanently shut down. Now, co-owners John and Josh are asking for help to bring this important space back to the community, which was left with zero downtown gay bars. "We cannot do this on our own, but this is bigger than us. This will take an army of support," they write in their fundraiser. "You can join us in making this the biggest Phoenix rising from the ashes moment our city has ever seen!" You can donate here: https://gfme.co/4bCX9G1

If you’re looking for ways to help those impacted by all of the recent tornadoes, you can visit our hub to see the verified fundraisers on our platform: https://gfme.co/4bEBFs7 More than 200 fundraisers in Texas have been added to the hub, with more coming as they are created and verified. “We have a Trust and Safety team that's working around the clock to review fundraisers that have been created after the tornadoes,” Sarah Peck, GoFundMe’s Senior Director of Public Affairs, explained in an interview with NBC DFW. Watch the video at the link to learn more: https://gfme.co/3VmEloJ

Tonight at 8pm ET/5pm PT, we are partnering with Values Partnerships to host a special edition What's Good Town Hall about combating loneliness by fostering community. Join us and hear from India.Arie, Dr. Thema Bryant, Wisdom O. Cole, Ben Valenta and more! RSVP at bit.ly/whatsgoodseries 🫶

The Support The AAPI Community fund launched after the surge in violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Donations are distributed to trusted AAPI organizations working to rectify the racial inequalities in our society by supporting, uplifting, and empowering the AAPI community. To date over 250 organizations have received grants. We were honored to work with some many incredible partners, like Gold House, to make this fund a reality. #StopAsianHate https://lnkd.in/gZjBp3k9

The friends behind the Green Tile Social Club are turning their passion for mahjong into a business. "We started this thing through the power of community building — it’s a top priority of ours to preserve and protect this spirit however we grow.” The club hosts pop-up mahjong events around New York City, using the game to help young Asian Americans reconnect with community and culture. Visit their GoFundMe ➡️ https://gfme.co/4brchpk

Visit the Weather Resilience Fund: https://gfme.co/3y2iMAw

Our community is growing 🇲🇽 GoFundMe is now available in Mexico, the 20th country supported on our platform. Read more about the announcement in The Associated Press: https://bit.ly/3Wv5fvJ