How do I get my FREE online fundraising page?
It’s simple! Fill out the fundraising form below by answering 6 simple questions in 20 seconds (e.g., your name, email, which NGO, etc.) and click SUBMIT! Wishberry.in will then create your online fundraising page for you and send it to the email ID you provide us within 12 hours!
Form link: http://bit.ly/wishberry_grm

Do I need to pay anything to get an online fundraising page?
NO! Wishberry.in will make your online fundraising page for you for FREE!

Do I need to commit to fundraising a certain amount?
NO! You can choose to fundraise as much as you like, be it Rs. 500 or Rs. 50,000. In case you reach your target quickly you can contact Wishberry.in: fundraising@wishberry.in or (091) 22 4302 3999 and increase your fundraising target!

What if I don’t receive my fundraising page after filling the fundraising form?
First, make sure that you have entered the right email ID while filling out the form (form link: tbd). If the email ID is correct, check your spam folder in case the email from Wishberry.in ended there. Otherwise, contact Wishberry.in: fundraising@wishberry.in or (091) 22 4302 3999

Which NGOs can I fundraise for?
The organizers of the Goa River Marathon, Vasco Sports Club, have chosen 2 local Goa NGOs in the field of mentally handicapped children and the environment:

Cause of Our Joy
COOJ Mental Health Foundation is a registered Charitable Trust that works towards promoting mental health and providing for psycho-social rehabilitation services in Goa.

Through our rehabilitation programs, our clients have seen more productive days by being exposed to a positive and healthy learning atmosphere. Many have gone ahead into supported or open employment.

Through our Continued Education Program, student drop-outs have been assisted into completion of their education.

We were the proud recipients of the Vincent Xavier Verodiana Award, instituted by Dom Martin of the United States in the year 2006 in recognition of our exemplary commitment to the noble call of uplifting and rehabilitating the mentally disadvantaged.

Web: http://www.cooj.co.in/
Contact: Dr. Peter Catelino – (091) 98232 21272

New Dawn
New Dawn is a Charitable Trust whose primary objective is promoting the cause of the disabled, be it education, training, vocation, shelter and other attending needs.

The New Dawn Ashadeep Education Society operates Ashadeep, a school for children with special needs, handicapped by mental disability, Cerebral Palsy, multiple disabilities, hearing impairment, partially visually impaired, spina bi fida, autism, dyslexia and other behaviour and emotional disorders. The staff comprise of trained Special Educators, Speech Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Physical Education Teachers, Dance Teachers, etc.

It has been established that with care, encouragement, the right guidance and training, the special children can become productive members of the society.

Contact: Mr. G Vijaychandran – (091) 94238 85821

How do I share my fundraising page?
The easiest way to share your page is by simply copy-pasting the link to your page in your email inbox and sending it out to everyone!
All sharing options are available on your fundraising page itself, so all you have to do is click on the link to your fundraising page and share it through email (click on “share” under your profile image), Facebook (click on “F share”) or Twitter (click on “tweet”).

Who can donate to my fundraising page?
Absolutely anyone! Wishberry.in, infact, encourages you to share it with friends, family, colleagues, people abroad from ALL over the world! We accept local and foreign donations.

How can donors contribute?

Online contributions: Donors can contribute online using their debit/credit cards, net banking or cash cards through our online payment gateway CC Avenue. Please note that the charge reflected on the credit card statement will be “RandomMotion - Avenues” as RandomMotion Advertising Pvt. Ltd. is the parent company that runs Wishberry.in!
Credit cards: VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club, JCB cards 
Debit cards: All MasterCard and VISA Debit cards
ATM cum Debit Cards: Canara Bank, Citibank, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India, Union Bank Net banking: Andhra Bank, Axis Bank, Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Canara Bank, Corporation Bank, Citibank, City Union Bank, Deutsche Bank, The Federal Bank Ltd, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank Ltd, IDBI Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, IndusInd Bank, ING Vysya Bank, Jammu & Kashmir Bank, Karnataka Bank Ltd, Karur Vysya Bank Limited, Kotak Mahindra Group, Laxmi Vilas Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Punjab National Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Standard Chartered Bank, South Indian Bank, State Bank of India, State Bank of Indore, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Travancore, Syndicate Bank, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd, , Union Bank Of India, Vijaya Bank, The Bank of Rajasthan, YES Bank.

Offline contributions: Donors can contribute offline by sending a cheque addressed to “RandomMotion Advertising Pvt. Ltd.” either to the Wishberry.in office or to the runner. Don’t worry! RandomMotion Advertising Pvt. Ltd. is the parent company that runs Wishberry.in!
Cheque to Wishberry.in office: Donors should write the full name of the runner and their own name, email, phone No. and address (for tax exemption purposes) on the back of the cheque. Cheque to be sent to: 101 Cama Industrial Estate, Sun Mill Compound, Lower Parel, Mumbai 400013. Phone: (022) 4302 3999. Cheques sent to the Wishberry.in office will reflect on the runner’s page online as soon as it is received.
Cheque to runner: Runners must write down all donor details inlcuding full name, email, phone no., and address (for tax exemption purposes) in his/her offline donations kit. Cheques sent to runners will reflect on the runner’s page online as soon as the runner sends his/her donations kit to Wishberry.in (typically close to the Marathon date).

Can I raise funds offline myself? By collecting cash or cheques from donors?
YES! If you have created an online fundraising page, Wishberry.in should have sent you an offline donations kit with your online fundraising page email. Alternatively, you can download the offline donations kit here. This kit has instructions on how to collect donations in the form of cash and cheques and send them to Wishberry.in for processing. Please ensure that all cheques are addressed to “RandomMotion Advertising Pvt. Ltd.” (parent company of Wishberry.in) and record all donor details in the offline donations kit (e.g., name, email, phone no., address, etc.) diligently in order to make sure that the donors receive tax benefits. Once you have finished collecting cash and cheque donations, send your donations kit to the Wishberry.in office: 101 Cama Industrial Estate, Sun Mill Compound, Lower Parel, Mumbai 400013. Phone: (022) 4302 3999. Please note that ALL cash donations have to be consolidated into one cheque addressed to Wishberry.in. We cannot accept hard cash donations.
Wishberry.in will reflect offline donations on the runner’s online page only after receiving the offline donations kit from the runner.

How do I know who has contributed how much to my fundraising page?
At any point of time, you can check total and individual contributions to your fundraising page by visiting Wishberry.in, logging into your account using the email ID you provided us and the password emailed to you. Click on your fundraising page and then click on the red information icon on the right side of the page. Next click on “View all contributions” and all the individual contributions will be mentioned here. Don’t worry, all contributions made offline through cheque will ALSO show online!

Also, donors will ONLY be able to view the total contributions when they visit your online fundraising page. They will NOT be able to see who has given how much.

How will the money reach the NGO I have chosen?
At the end of the Marathon, Wishberry.in will transfer all the funds to the respective NGOs (all funds will be transferred before 31st March, 2012). Don’t worry, Wishberry.in has individually partnered with each of the NGOs and has a long standing relationship with them. Furthermore, Wishberry.in has several transparency mechanisms in place including detailed MIS, automated donation intimations, etc.

Who will send the tax exemption receipt to the donors?
Once the Marathon is over and the money reaches the NGOs, the NGOs will send across acknowledgements as well tax receipts to all the donors within a 4-6 week period of receiving the funds.

What is RandomMotionAvdertisingPvt. Ltd.?
RandomMotion Advertising Pvt. Ltd. is the name of the parent company that runs Wishberry.in. Please ensure that ALL offline donation cheques are addressed to “RandomMotion Advertising Pvt. Ltd..” Also, note that online donations will reflect as “RandomnMotion – Avenues” on the donor’s credit card statement.

For any further fundraising related queries contact Wishberry.in: (091) 22 4302 30999 or fundraising@wishberry.in