Firstgiving Runners Help Raise $1.9 Million for Charities in the 2009 Boston Marathon

Year over year, Firstgiving.com’s fundraisers have brought an ever increasing amount of money to serve the needs of many deserving organizations. Past amounts raised for Boston Marathon charities by Firstgiving.com runners were as follows:

* 2008: 699 runners raised $1.8 M for 98 organizations
* 2007: 599 runners raised $1.4 M for 75 organizations
* 2006: 444 runners raised $893,000 for 50 organizations
* 2005: 307 runners raised $598,000 for 35 organizations
* 2004: 176 runners raised $278,000 for 9 organizations