Giving Tuesday was a success! BikeNet’s goal was to raise $1000 including Yellowstone Fitness’ $500 match. We were off to a good start with an article in the Billings Gazette (link), an interview on KULR 8 News, a blog post, and of course lots of Facebook posts.

Tuesday morning, however, our campaign hit a rough patch when we found out that the donation form was down. Kristi, BikeNet’s executive director, called tech support and found out that so many people were donating to so many organizations for Giving Tuesday the company’s servers crashed!

After this initial setback and a lot of stress, we decided to come up with an alternative plan. Elyse, our AmeriCorps member, posted a short blurb on Facebook and encouraged our supporters to call or email the office in order to make a donation.

Despite this major pitfall, BikeNet’s wonderful members and supporters came through for us! We were able to raise a total of $550 and with the $500 match, our donations totaled $1050!

Thank you to everyone who contributed including our generous sponsors at Yellowstone Fitness! If you did not get a chance to donate yet, there is still time! The Giving Tuesday season goes until January 1, and, as a friendly reminder, BikeNet takes donations all year long. Visit the Giving Tuesday donation form and give today!