America's Giving Challenge Inspires More than 105,000 Donations

"We were pleased to see a big increase in participation this year, especially in a challenging economy," says PARADE President Randy Siegel.

AMERICA'S GIVING CHALLENGE WINNERS

The 2009 America's Giving Challenge, which took place on the Causes application on Facebook, offered both daily and overall awards ranging from $500 - $50,000 based on the number of donations to their cause. Winners of the overall awards for most donations in 30 days include:

*Gan Liang, Houston, Texas: $50,000 prize for Overseas China Education
Foundation, Houston, Texas (13,772 donations, $156,637 funds raised plus
awards).
*Linda Pascotto, Los Angeles, Calif.: $25,000 prize for The Prem Rawat
Foundation, Los Angeles, Calif. (11,981 donations, $187,398 funds raised
plus awards).
*Hua Xiao, Toledo, Ohio: $25,000 prize for Overseas Save Chinese
Children Foundation, Toledo, Ohio (10,203 donations, $112,922 funds raised
plus awards).
*John Wordin, Calabasas, Calif. $10,000 prize for Ride 2 Recovery,
Calabasas, Calif. (8,230 donations, $85,225 funds raised plus awards).
* Scott Beale, Newark, Del.: $10,000 prize for Atlas Corps, Washington
D.C. (2,556 donations, $29,565 funds raised plus awards).
* Dushyant Sethi, Arlington, Va.: $10,000 prize for Association for
India's Development, College Park, Md. (2,229 donations, $31,439 funds
raised plus awards).
*Chand Nirankari, New York, NY: $10,000 prize for Students for a Free
Tibet, New York, NY (2,117 donations, $30,126 funds raised plus awards).
* David Lee, Wichita, Kansas: $10,000 prize for Justice for All,
Wichita, Kansas (1,783 donations, $22,277 funds raised plus awards).
*$10,000 prize for GlobeMed, Evanston, Ill. (1,710 donations, $21,772
funds raised plus awards).
* Sue Bell, Arlington, Va.: $10,000 prize for Homeward Trails Animal
Rescue, Arlington, Va. (1,674 donations, $25,150 funds raised plus
awards).
* Justin Maust, Granger, Ind.: $10,000 prize for Five Star, Elkhart,
Ind. (1,664 donations, $20,226 funds raised plus awards).
* Darius Weems, Athens, Ga.: $10,000 prize for Darius Goes West,
Athens, Ga. (1,633 donations, $24,459 funds raised plus awards).