Thu, Feb 13th, 2020 - 12:00am
February 09, 2024 - 12:03am | By Chris Larson
12:03 a.m. update: (Fargo, ND) -- Giving Hearts Day is a success.
As of 12 a.m., $29,089,841 had been raised in the 24-hour day of giving. The 2024 amount is more than three million dollars higher than the total raised in the 2023 event.
Executive Director of the Dakota Medical Foundation, Pat Traynor, tells WDAY Radio that the giving will continue throughout the next hour, as western North Dakota charities will wrap up their giving at 1 a.m. Central Time, giving those in the western part of the state a chance to get their giving in.
As for the 2025 edition of Giving Hearts Day, Traynor said the plans are to make the event bigger than it was this year. A highlight of this year was a Giving Hearts Day television show, which aired regionally throughout the state of North Dakota and into Minnesota.
Original Story: (Fargo, ND) — Giving Hearts Day has surpassed its 2023 total.
In 2023, Giving Hearts Day raised $26.1 million. Officials with Giving Hearts Day say nearly 42,000 donors gave more than 90,000 gifts in 2023.
This year, at just after 8:30 p.m., more than $26.5 million has been raised for more than 600 charities across North Dakota and western Minnesota.
This is a developing news story. Please stay tuned for updates.
