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Get Lucky with Bonus Bucks

By Angela Bevacqua, Communications Specialist Who doesn't like prizes--especially when they're cash? For the second annual Colorado Gives Day—Tuesday, December 6—we’re sweetening the pie. Not only will we continue the Incentive Fund ($300,000 fully funded by FirstBank), but we’re adding lots of $1,000 and $5,000 cash prizes to help Colorado nonprofits. Some of these prizes are earned and some are the luck of the draw. Here’s what you need to know about the “lucky” prizes: Bonus Bucks Bonus Bucks are $1,000 cash prizes that give donors a chance to win money for the nonprofits they love. At least once per hour over the 24-hour course of Colorado Gives Day we will randomly draw a donor’s name. The nonprofit this person donated to in that hour will receive the cash prize. Our goal is to award at least 24 of these $1,000 prizes. What if a donor supports multiple organizations in one transaction? We can isolate each donation for the drawing. How can a donor