Sentences with phrase «year the event raised»

Last year the event raised $ 864,165 for more than 2,700 animal - welfare groups.

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Last year, Ripcord raised $ 85 million in four separate funding events from investors including Kleiner Perkins, the Lenovo - affiliated Legend Star, Telstra Ventures, and GV (formerly Google Ventures).

Sohn is one of the most anticipated hedge fund events of the year, where managers volunteer their time and best investment ideas to raise money in the fight against childhood cancer.

September's Ag Innovation Showcase in St. Louis was the biggest and most diverse in the 6 - year - old event's history; organizers tallied that presenting companies raised $ 430 million.

Another way we keep our employees engaged is by inviting them to take part in company events, like the Virgin Mobile Live Freefest, a free music festival we hold every year to raise money (through donations) for homeless young people.

Today, she's called on to appear at more events than ever before, while raising the family she and her husband started after she'd spent years hunkered down in the cutthroat real estate world.

Even though North Korea's participation in the games hogged the spotlight in the lead - up to the event, the suspension of Jay Y. Lee's five - year prison term for bribery has raised questions more recently over chaebol reform in South Korea.

He documented some of Facebook's do - good moments in the last year, like its part in the #metoo movement and the March For Our Lives event, and helping raise $ 20 million for victims of hurricane Harvey.

Sohn is the most widely anticipated hedge - fund event of the year, where managers volunteer their time and best investment ideas to raise money in the fight against childhood cancer.

Over the past 10 years startups like Dropbox, Mint (sold to Intuit for $ 170m), Yammer (sold to Microsoft for $ 1.2 b), Fitbit (went public in June 2015), PowerSet (sold to Microsoft for $ 100m), Clicker (sold to CNET for $ 100m), Trello (sold to Atlassian for $ 425m), TrueCar (raised $ 70m in its 2014 IPO), and Cafe X (raised $ 5m) have presented at our event — but 97 % of the people at the event were not allowed to invest in them.

On Sept. 5 of this year, the Dow dropped 234 points amid a series of potentially volatile political events, including the debate over raising the debt ceiling, a possible government shutdown, and threats from Trump over trade policy with China.

Employees donate more than 127,000 hours of volunteer time annually, and hold fundraisers and other events that raise millions of dollars a year.

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Ma raised the stakes this year by moving the event headquarters for Singles» Day to Beijing, bringing in more foreign brands and enlisting Hollywood celebrities Daniel Craig and Kevin Spacey to add glamor to the shopathon.

The event raised $ 46,000 in support of the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation and the Campbell River Salmon Foundation, bringing the two - year total raised to over $ 93,000.

Every year, the community involvement competition encourages school teams to log volunteer hours and raise money for charitable organizations by working with external organizations and through our annual Chillin» For Charity event.

UpWest was also the first investor in Honeybook, a nearly five - year - old startup that makes event planning software and that has raised nearly $ 50 million to date, including from Aleph and Norwest Venture Partners.

These events, among others, had raised the price of Brent crude, traded in London, to its highest daily level of the year of $ 115 a barrel on June 19th.

While the central bank is taking note of recent events in Europe and China, comments from Chairman Janet Yellen last week confirmed that the committee's bias is to begin raising rates this year.

Now in its 31st year, the event raised more than $ 21,000 for Hospice Georgian Triangle and local women's shelter My Friend's House.

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This year, we are empowering the featured startups to raise capital directly from the attendees at the event in San Francisco (and online through SeedInvest).

If you could go the a graveyard and raise granny up from the dead, would you expect no one to record these events until 60 - 90 years after the fact?

Since taking office Obama has attended some 550 + fund raising events, while attending church 5 times in three years - he is a hypocrit.

Carol went to church or church - related youth events almost weekly through her teens but dropped out during college and the early years of marriage, childbearing and raising children.

The suggestion that quail and manna recall different phenomena, encountered at different times of the year and in different places, raises again the question of order and sequence of events.

«Every year, we host a charity golf tournament to raise money for breast cancer research, but that is in addition to numerous other events.»

Last year, event partners and the 700 guests helped raise $ 1,000,000 to support the Clubs — a benchmark event coordinators surely hope to not just meet, but exceed.

Two of the largest wine and food festivals in the United States are spicing things up this year by revitalizing fan - favorite events and hosting new ones that are sure to entice both regular and first - time attendees.The South Beach and New York City Wine and Food Festivals are four - day star - studded gatherings that showcase the talents of the world's most renowned wine and spirits producers, chefs and culinary personalities while raising money for education and to help fight hunger.

The event itself was hilariously fun, as always, and was more successful than ever: two years ago, Theta raised 40K for CASA of Cook County.

The event, held at the Boiler House, Battersea Power Station, raised funds to fix the leaking roof of the 192 - year - old theatre, which sustained bomb damage during the Second World War.

RODS Racing is comprised of 40 superior athletes who will collectively compete in more than 224 marathons, triathlons and other events this year, raising money to find homes in the United States for orphaned children with Down syndrome who live in other parts of the world.

«The Clash has raised tens of thousands of dollars for high school culinary arts programs and we are thrilled that the CRA will be bringing this exciting event back to the Western Food Expo for the 6th consecutive year, it truly is a highlight of the Show,» said Tom Loughran, Event Direevent back to the Western Food Expo for the 6th consecutive year, it truly is a highlight of the Show,» said Tom Loughran, Event DireEvent Director.

To date, the event has raised over $ 2 million, and Towne Park was honored to not only provide parking services for this year's party, but to be a sponsor as well.

Show owner and producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, saved the best for last in its most ambitious year to date, with four best in class events that raised the bar for North American packaging and processing trade exhibitions.

WingFest has raised over $ 150,000 in the past sixteen years, and proceeds from this event will once again benefit Chicago Neighbors United.

The week culminates with the largest wine tasting event north of Boston, the Winter Wine Spectacular, which has drawn thousands of guests and raised nearly $ 2 million for charity over the last 14 years.

Tres Bonne Annee, French for «a very good year,» is a nonprofit, charitable corporation which exists solely to raise funds to advance the arts, culture and education through a series of wine and food events held annually.

Great Chefs and Wineries is Lifehouse's major fundraising event of the year, with last year's event raising over half a million dollars for the organization.

Last year, the event raised more than $ 2.5 million, and since the first National Pancake Day, the program has raised nearly $ 8 million.

Now in its 5th year, the event raises money to help fund treatment for families affected by autism.

St. Helena, CA - Emphatic market demand for unique Napa Valley wine offerings resulted in a $ 5 million fundraising total for the Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) at today's Premiere Napa Valley barrel tasting and auction, the third highest amount raised in the event's 20 - year history.

After Oxford's victory at the first ever open water varsity, with both men's and women's team defeating their Cambridge counterparts, this year developments have been made to raise the profile of the event.

The Super Bowl is the most popular betting event of the year with sportsbooks pushing to maximize their handles by raising betting limits for most bet types.

As well as honouring the man who lifted seven major trophies across his 17 years and 710 appearances in the Liverpool first team, the event raised crucial funds for music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins.

The two - year charity partnership, which has already received an overwhelming response from fans, will see the Club help raise awareness of the work of the charity and drive the recruitment of volunteers via high profile events and the support of the First Team players.

Participate in this year's event by joining a team as an Official Birder or a Bird - a-thon Booster and help raise money for your favorite sanctuary or program!

Preliminary indications are that this year's total income raised of more than $ 125,000 set a new Bird - a-thon high for this annual classic birding and fundraising event.

Chicago's Top 100 Events 2017 - BizBash - October 24, 2017 With butterflies aplenty in its decor, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's springy gala raised $ 2.15 million this year and drew 650 guests.

Chicago's Top 100 Events 2016 - BizBash - October 25, 2016 Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's Butterfly Ball # 5 Benefit (up from # 6)- This year, the event raised more than $ 2.2 million, a notable increase from the $ 1.52 million in 2015.