Community Corner

Spring2Action Raises More Than $319,000 for Nonprofits

Fundraising drive exceeds goal of $200,000 in 24 hours.

Nearly 3,700 people donated $319,333 for 75 participating Alexandria nonprofits on Wednesday during Spring2Action, a 24-hour online fundraising drive presented by Virginia Commerce Bank and put on by ACT for Alexandria and ACTion Alexandria.

The event surpassed its fundraising goal of $200,000 and its donor goal of 2,000.

Three Alexandria restaurants hosted “give-togethers” at different times on Wednesday. The events, held at , and , gave people representing different nonprofits a chance to compete for donors.

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