Big Day of Giving, a impactful fundraising event in the Sacramento area
FOX40 News
[{'start': '2.602', 'end': '5.971', 'text': "US FROM INSIDE THE COMMAND   CENTER AT 7.   >> I'M HERE AT THE BIG DAY OF   GIVING COMMAND CENTER INSIDE   THESE DOORS, VOLUNTEER THE   NONPROFITS, ALL WORKING   TOGETHER WITH ONE BIG GOAL TO   MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE WITHIN   24 HOURS.   >> IT'S A BIG DAY. BUILD   GENEROSITY, A LOCAL IMPACT.   TONIGHT, MORE THAN 850   NONPROFITS ACROSS THE   SACRAMENTO REGION HAVE BEEN   RALLYING SUPPORT. ONE DONATION   AT A TIME YOU CAN CALL THE   FRENZY. YOU CAN CALL THE   CELEBRATION. BUT IT IS A DAY   WHERE IT'S ALL ABOUT   PHILANTHROPY AND IT'S ALL   ABOUT CELEBRATING OUR AND   SUPPORTING OUR NONPROFIT   SECTOR SINCE 2019, THE BIG DAY   OF GIVING HAS BROUGHT IN OVER   100 MILLION DOLLARS. AND THIS   YEAR DONATIONS ARE ALREADY   CLIMBING FAST. FROM ANIMAL   SHELTERS TO FOOD BANKS, TO   ORGANIZATIONS THAT EMPOWER   YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH WRITING   TODAY IS ALL ABOUT GIVING ONE   OF THOSE GROUPS IS A 9, 1, 6,   NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO   BUILDING CONFIDENCE AND   LITERACY. THROUGH CREATIVE   WRITING. I'VE SEEN STUDENTS   COME IN SO SHY. THEY CAN'T   LOOK YOU IN THE EYE. AND AFTER   12 WEEKS, JUST 12 WEEKS,   THEY'RE SUDDENLY LIKE   THEATRICAL THEIR EXPRESSIVE.   YOU KNOW, 9, 1, 6, THINK WORKS   WITH STUDENTS FROM ELEMENTARY   TO HIGH SCHOOL OFFERING   PROGRAMS THAT HELP THEM FIND   THEIR VOICE. THEIR WRITING   WORKSHOP HAS HOUSE MORE THAN   7,000 YOUNG PEOPLE WITH MORE   THAN 300 STUDENT WRITTEN BOOKS   RELEASED. AND 35 MORE PLANNED   THIS YEAR. I'VE WORKED IN   PUBLISHING WITH ADULTS   CONFIDENCE IS ONE OF THE   BIGGEST PROBLEMS, BUT TO SAY   WITH YOUTH THEY'RE JUST RADAR   RIGHT THERE, JUST READY TO   TELL THE STORIES THEY SEE   EVERY DOLLAR RAISED TODAY GOES   DIRECTLY TOWARDS MAKING THAT   KIND OF TRANSFORMATION   POSSIBLE. EVERY DOLLAR THAT IS   DONATED TO US IS GOING TO BE   PUT GREAT USE FOR NOT GOING TO   WASTE ANYTHING AMONG THE MANY   FIRST-TIME PARTICIPANTS THIS   YEAR IS AN ORGANIZATION TRYING   TO CHANGE HEARTS AND MINDS.   >> ABOUT A CREATURE, MANY FEAR   IT SNAKES ARE HARD, SELL ITS.   IT'S A EASIER CARRY MONEY FOR   THE MORE CHARISMATIC ANIMALS   LIKE TIGERS, ELEPHANTS, THINGS   TO COME. UNDERDOGS SAY THE   SNAKES ISN'T A MISSION TO   PROTECT SNAKE POPULATIONS   THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH   AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS.   >> AND THEY, TOO, ARE COUNTING   ON SUPPORT DURING THIS 24 HOUR   CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR, MORE THAN   EVER, THESE DOLLARS ARE   CRITICAL.   >> WE HAVE SO MANY WERE   HEARING SO MANY STORIES ABOUT   NONPROFITS THAT ARE SUFFERING   THAT ARE LOOKING TO CLOSE   PROGRAMS, REDUCE STAFF AND   REALLY REDUCE SOME OF THE   IMPORTANT WORK THAT'S BEING   DONE THIS REGION. LAST YEAR,   THEY WERE ABLE TO RAISE 13.2   MILLION DOLLARS EVENT.   ORGANIZERS ARE HOPING TO   SURPASS THAT THIS YEAR.   THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF TIME   TO DONATE. IF YOU LIKE TO MAKE   A DONATION. THERE'S OVER 150   NONPROFITS TO CHOOSE FROM AND   OVER TO OUR WEBSITE. FOX 40   DOT COM IN SACRAMENTO COVERING   LOCAL NEWS THAT MATTERS   CHRISTINE ABOUT THE STUFF. FOX   40 NEWS.   >> CHRISTINA, THANK YOU. AND   HERE'S A LOOK AT THE TOTAL   MONEY THAT HAS BEEN RAISED SO   FAR. BUT MIND YOU IT'S NOT   OVER. WE HAVE A LITTLE LESS   THAN 5 GOES UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WE   MENTIONED IT WAS 24 HOUR PUSH.   SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT 4 HOURS AND   40 MINUTES LEFT TO GET IN   THERE. BUT TOTAL CREEPING UP   ON 11 MILLION DOLLARS. THE   TOTAL LAST YEAR WAS ABOUT   13 MILLION DOLLARS. SO THEY'RE   HOPING TO PUSH PAST THAT   THRESH"}]