DATE 1PRESS RELEASE For more information, contact: For Immediate Release NAME & TITLE Organization Name Organization Phone Email Address SUGG HEADLINE: Your Org Name Joins Regional Day of Giving “Hudson Valley Gives” 24-Hour Online Fundraising Event to be Held May 17 YOUR TOWN, NY – (Agency Name) will join nonprofits across the Hudson Valley to participate in Hudson Valley Gives, our region’s second annual day of online giving, to be held Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Initiated by Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan, in collaboration with United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region and Mid-Hudson Valley Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, this event will raise funds and awareness for not-for-profit organizations located in or serving seven Hudson Valley counties -- Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, Rockland, Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester. Fueled by the power of social media, Hudson Valley Gives unites nonprofits in a call to action to raise critical funds they need to make our valley a better place to live, work, play and serve. Monies raised will support things such as animal welfare, arts and culture, education, the environment, health and human services, recreation, veterans, volunteerism, and youth. It is modeled after the internationally popular Giving Tuesday (held annually the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving and Black Friday), but this initiative is more regionalized, encouraging Hudson Valley donors to give local first. All money raised here in the Hudson Valley stay here. Donations can be made online at HVGives.org. Use #HVGives as the hashtag in your social media! Insert your logo here and remove this text box border