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GIFTED COUPLE: Nick and Krista Boertien hosted a fundraiser using our peer-to-peer fundraising tool. They raised $7,315 to help abused women and their children in Waterloo Region. Thanks!
Nick and Krista Boertien wanted to do something meaningful to end violence against women in Waterloo Region. So they hosted a fundraiser using our peer-to-peer fundraising tool. With our tool, they created an online fundraising page, sent out email invitations to friends, family and colleagues to participate, and tracked their results in real-time online.
The result of their efforts? Nick, who works in commercial real estate, and his wife Krista, who works in human resources for a local university, raised over $7,000 to help abused women and their children in Waterloo Region. They and their friends, family members and colleagues (see below) donated $3,915 in cash and $3,400 in gift cards, towels, toiletries and household items.
Thanks, Nick and Krista, for hosting your successful fundraiser. Your leadership, hard work and generosity are going to help our women and their children have a fresh start when they leave our shelters in Kitchener (Anselma House) and Cambridge (Haven House).