December 2011
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Frontline Reflections
Today is the last day of the Frontline tour. Roadies and interns alike, as well as some staff members will say their goodbyes and the doors of the office will shut for the holiday season. Some never to return, some to come back for the next adventure in January. So as the season winds down to an end, I gathered a few select people and asked them three questions to reflect on the Frontline...
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ICGC gives a thank you performance for Frontline
As the Frontline tour winds down, we had to do them a proper send off. Here’s Invisible Children’s Glee Club singing The Head and the Heart’s, Rivers and Roads. Enjoy. -NS
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WatchIt was enthralling. It was disgusting. And it definitely was challenging. In case you missed it on the livestream, here is perhaps the most extreme moment of the last 24 hours of the Frontline campaign.
WARNING! Do NOT watch if you have a weak stomach. Or if you can’t stomach people losing theirs.
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A letter from Jason to the Frontline
Tonight, December 14th, the Invisible Children community celebrates the UNBELIEVABLE.
For as long as I can remember, we at Invisible Children have had a new goal every six months…for the last 8 years. That’s a lot of goals. They’re always a little different, whether focused on Advocacy, Awareness, or Fundraising. But the one thing they ALL have in common, is that they ALL seem Impossible to...
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Frontline Final Countdown. Big surprises. Like,...
(By tomorrow night, this is what we want our offices to look like.)
Invisible Children, and everyone in our offices, are going crazy. The proof is on Livestream. (Examples: Live Mariachi cage performing, edible goldfish, visits from THE REAL Santa Claus… it’s all coming tomorrow…)
And at 11:59 PM PST tomorrow, it will all be worth it. We’re doing everything we can to hit our $2 Million...
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$100,000 in Frontline matching funds starts in 3…...
Let’s get right to it: Today starting NOW there will be a $100,000 matching campaign for Frontline. Until that money runs out, whatever you raise and submit to www.invisiblechildren.com/frontline will be doubled. As in, DOUBLED..
If you missed the announcement earlier this week, any fundraising team that raises over $20,000 automatically wins a trip to Uganda with Invisible Children. That...
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WatchThis video explains why we need to reach $2 million and why Intern Timmy Harris has been locked in a makeshift cell for over 47 hours now and won’t leave until we get to our goal.
Here’s your new homepage : http://invisiblechildren.com/freetimmy
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Free Timmy! (And help Invisible Children cross the...
There are a few things you need to know about Timmy Harris: + He’s from New Zealand. + He’s worked for Invisible Children going on three years. + And he’s locking himself in a cell—inside our offices—and not getting out until Invisible Children Frontline reaches its fundraising goal of two million dollars. You can see for yourself at livestream.com/invisiblechildren.
That’s real.
Got all...
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Invisible Children comes to the rescue
Roads in Uganda can get a little tricky. So, one day Invisible Childre Uganda stepped up to help out. The best part? Jed’s cheering at the end.-NS
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Livestream: 12/05
You watched us reach the first million. This week, we are back on Livestream as we attack our goal of $2 million.
On today’s schedule:
10:00 – 11:00am: New England
11:00 – 12:00pm: Middle America
2:00 – 3:00pm: Team Interns (Natalie, Desiree, Jocelyn, Rosa)
3:00 – 4:00pm: Texas
4:00 – 5:00pm: Mountain West
Remember, all times are PST.
Get ready. There are nine days left in the...
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Frontline Campaign: Halfway to $2 Million
In twenty-four hours, the Invisible Children community has raised over $100,000 to get to our benchmark goal of $1 million.
We would like to sincerely thank everyone and congratulate those who won special merchandise, trips, and Obama Chia Pets (yes – all were given away during our thirteen hour Livestream marathon).
We made the decision early Friday morning to not leave the office until we...
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WatchInvisible Children’s Frontline campaign is holding out to raise a million dollars. Today. Right now. On Livestream it’s happening right now. Frontline ends on December 14th, with an overall goal of raising $2 million, but to get to the finish line, we need to cross the million dollar barrier first.
This money funds our work in Central Africa that protects people from Joseph Kony and the LRA… but...
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Matching Campaign Just Announced
Literally moments ago, we received word that a donor has put in $25,000 to be part of our newest matching campaign beginning tonight at midnight PST.
For every dollar that is donated on your/your team’s fundraising page, it will be doubled until the $25,000 runs out. Last matching campaign was done in less than 36 hours; this will be gone quicker.
This is certainly the time to get your money...
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BREAKING: $1 Million by Tomorrow Night
Late last night, Jason and Jedidiah stood in the Movement Room while the Roadies of the Frontline Tour met in the conference room.
With a lofty goal of $2 million to be raised by December 14, we need a mini-goal right now, they decided. And this was born.
They said it. We need to hit $1 million by the end of tomorrow.
If there has ever been a time to go all-out to ensure that our goal by...
