crowd-funding
Struggling 'Mister Rogers' Officer Clemmons gets help from his 'neighborhood' in time for Christmas
Francois Clemmons, Officer Clemmons on "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood," is struggling to make ends meet, so his friends created a GoFundMe to help him.
That's supportive! Woman who wore same bra size since 8 years old crowdfunds boob job
She's been hoping that her boobs would get bigger as she got older.
Canada's Justin Trudeau just proved the protesting truckers right
Freedom Convoy truckers have swarmed Ottawa for the past few weeks to protest their government’s heavy-handed COVID actions — and by invoking that nation’s Emergencies Act, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Crowdfunding sends 101-year-old Pearl Harbor hero to 80th anniversary ceremony
An Oregon family has turned to crowdfunding to send their 101-year-old Navy veteran dad back to Pearl Harbor — where he heroically helped fend off Japan’s surprise attack 80 years...
Crypto investors outbid for rare copy of US Constitution
An unnamed collector scored the document with a winning phone bid of $41 million, more than the $40 million the ConstitutionDao collective had offered.
'One Tree Hill' pals James Lafferty and Stephen Colletti's comedy lands on Hulu
"Everyone is Doing Great" was created by pals James Lafferty and Stephen Colletti, who co-starred on the long-running teen-angst drama "One Tree Hill" -- and who used a combination of...
Scrappy 6-year-old is running 100 miles for health care heroes
Run, Luca, run! Meet Luca Summers, a 6-year-old in England who is running 100 miles to raise money for the National Health Service. Inspired by Captain Tom Moore's multimillion-dollar walking...
GoFundMe cancer care campaigns often don't cover bills: study
Crowdfunding isn't going to replace health insurance any time soon. So says a new study published Monday in the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine. In an analysis of over 1,000...
Scammed Holocaust survivor's family fights to save their home
“It’s been a struggle."
'The most hated woman in Britain' asks public to fund her butt lift
A British mom who claims she needs a butt lift for her "mental health" is crowdfunding the $7,000 procedure after being told she couldn't have it for free. Carla Bellucci,...
Wedding deception: Amanda Knox already married when she asked for donations
Amanda Knox got secretly hitched months before she and her hubby set up a website to solicit as much as $2,000 in donations toward their wedding, according to a new...
Sony wants to build a wearable 'air conditioner'
This is certainly one way to beat the heat. Sony, via its experimental First Flight program, is crowdfunding a wearable "air conditioner" known as the Reon Pocket that people could...
This app makes it possible to buy a minority stake in race horses
Mitch Poole owns a stake in Street Band, a 3-year-old filly that’s racing in the Kentucky Oaks on Friday — and he bought it on a mobile app. MyRaceHorse —...
Freeloading expectant parents also had a 'parenting podcast' that was crowd-funded
They’re a freeloading couple that apparently has a wide community network offering support for the upcoming birth of their first child, but it still doesn’t seem to be enough. Jim...
How new parents can ask for help without being jerks
Philadelphia couple Jim and Alex Burns recently went viral for an eyebrow-raising crowdsourcing request. In a post on MealTrain.com, Jim, the husband, explained that he and his wife were expecting...
Couple expecting first kid wants free meals, therapy from donors
This outrageous crowdsourcing request is leaving a bad taste in the mouth of Twitter readers. Most people ask for meal donations out of need — but a Philadelphia man has...
Racial bias is rampant on GoFundMe and Kickstarter, study says
It’s an uphill battle for black business owners. A new study finds that customers on crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo and GoFundMe are less likely to pay top dollar...
Couple slammed for crowdfunding their wedding
When Natalie Borg and Richard McMurray got engaged last January, they quickly realized just how expensive their dream wedding would be. After saving for around a year, the Edinburgh, Scotland,...
High Times is extending its IPO deadline — again
For a second time in recent months, High Times Holding said it has extended the deadline for its crowd-funded IPO — from Nov. 30 to Jan. 31, 2019. The company,...
Cancer ate my eye — then I fought at least five brain tumors
A young woman had her left eye removed to treat an aggressive ocular cancer and then had to fight at least five brain tumors. Jess Van Zeil, 25, was devastated...