There are 5 article(s) tagged GoFundMe:

• February 2023

  • Slain MPD Officer Geoffrey Redd spent life looking to serve

    He taught Sunday school and is remembered by at least one officer as a kind, caring person who knew how to talk to citizens.

    By Jane Roberts February 22, 2023

• September 2022

  • Bartlett cross-country runner suffers heart attack after Florida race

    According to a post on Tennessee MileSplit, Gabriel Higginbottom, was hospitalized after suffering a heart attack following Saturday’s Gulf Coast Stampede in Pensacola, Florida.

    By John Varlas September 13, 2022

• April 2021

  • Calkins: Robert Pera, Marc Gasol and sections 103 & 104 fans help FedExForum usher get a new kidney

    Grizzlies owner Robert Pera contributed $10,000 to a GoFundMe for LaVelt Hill, a longtime usher at FedExForum who needs a kidney transplant. The fundraiser is a tribute to Hill and the team’s extended family. 

    By Geoff Calkins April 25, 2021

• January 2020

  • ‘Chauncy’s Chance’ teen charged in murder of neighbor

    Chauncy Black, a Memphis teen for whom a viral fundraiser brought in nearly $350,000 to help Black's struggling family in 2016, has been charged with murder four years later. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 12, 2020

• August 2019

  • Vet a crowdfunding campaign before contributing

    Crowdfunding platforms have rules for what kinds of projects can be posted on their website and vet them to some degree, but they don’t guarantee success. As with any new product, there are risks that include delays in completing a project or failure to bring a product to market at all.

    By Randy Hutchinson August 17, 2019