How you can raise funds with a local tech companies app

Using technology to connect people and raise funds, all for free.

Dot com./// families ?

"* companies ?

"* nonprofits ?

"* and cities have all taken a financial hit from the covid?

"*19 pandemic.

A locl tech company is seeing more people looking for new ways to fund projects.

Kimt news 3's annalise johnson is live now to show us how the technology works ?

"* annalise?

Xxx katie about a week ago ?

"* i told you about fundraising efforts to build a splash pad here at lincolnshire park.

Money for that project is being raised on a platform called 4giving.

4giving was started in rochester about 2 years ago as a way to use technology to transfer and collect money without cash.

The concept may remind you of gofundme or facebook fundraisers ?

"* but with some new bells and whistles ?

"* whih are all free to use... you can scan a q?

"*r code on your phone to be taken directly to the page of a fundraiser... from there ?

"* you can tap to give money or share the efforts on social media.

The platform also supports livestreams ?

"* and donors can tune in and give money simultaneously.

As more fundraising events go virtual in 2020 because of the pandemic ?

"* and community projects face funding shortfalls ?

"* 4giving is receiving an increase in inquiries.

Xxx you cant be together because of covid19, but how do we use technology and this platform to reach more people, to engage more people, and best thing is its free and easy to use i'm going to give you a live look at how the qr codes work... open up your phone's camera app ?

"* and hover it ovr this black and white box.

This particular one brings up the lincolnshire splash pad project.

People can print these out and hang them up for others to support the cause.

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