Go fund me

I'm not for it or against it. Some of them are legit and others I roll my eyes at. But be grateful they you never need to ask strangers for money to bury a loved one.

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I used Gofundme.com to raise money for NEDA, an eating disorder awareness initiative while I was training for my first half ironman this summer. I wanted to be kept accountable for my training while giving back to a charity that helped me so much while I was suffering from eating disorders in the past. Unlike other charities where you can donate directly to the charity in honor of the person fundraising, I had to go through Gofundme.com because NEDA did not have a fundraising site.

Nobody would know if I donated the money or not so it did feel sort of weird asking people to contribute. I didn't ask donations from anyone I didn't know though and I can see how it can be weird donating to a stranger. For me, my donors trusted me and knew how strongly I felt about the organization so it worked for me.

I sort of wish gofundme.com made it a requirement to have the donation checks cut to the specific organization benefited. For me, I had to have the money transferred to my bank account and then I made the direct donation to NEDA.

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The new age pan handling.....

In all seriousness, If they are for an illness or charity, I am fine with it. Anything outside of that, I roll my eyes.

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I'd say I do a fair amount of donations through GoFundMe to those with illnesses, lost loved ones, etc..

I can't say I've come across any frivolous requests/donation pages, but I'm usually directed to the fund raisers through other individuals or media outlets (news, etc..)

And yeah, I'm always skeptical too...but it doesn't stop me.

Go fund me

For every ridiculous one there is probably 5 of people who really need it so I don't mind at all