Today is our community’s second Big Share a a 24-hour online fundraising event to benefit the 70 nonprofit member organizations of Community Shares. Those groups, which include Wheels for Winners, Wisconsin Women’s Network, Madison Audubon Society, Disability Rights Wisconsin, Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired, League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Farmers Union, Physicians for Social Responsibility, 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, and many more, are working toward a fair, just community and protection of our natural resources.

If you go today to the event’s Web page, you can check out the sub-pages of the nonprofit members of Community Shares.

The event began at midnight and ends at midnight tonight.

Like last year, cash prizes from local businesses can add to the value of an individual gift.

Last year, in its debut in our area, the Big Share raised over $232,000 from 1,750 donors. Community Shares Executive Director Crystel Anders says that in addition to the substantial funds raised for the nonprofits, the Big Share had the added impact of engaging new people in local organizations.A

If you’d rather donate by mail or in person, that’s fine.