Georgia Cares - Brackets for Good

Georgia Cares Is Competing in the 2018 Brackets For Good Tournament!

Georgia Cares has been selected from more than 2,128 charitable organizations across the country to compete in Brackets For Good 2018! Starting Friday, March 2, Georgia Cares will rally supporters to advance in an online single-elimination bracket-style fundraising tournament with a grand prize of $10,000.

Georgia Cares was created as an initiative of the Governor’s Office for Children and Families in 2009 and has since become an independent 501 (c)(3) organization. We are the single, victim service agency serving child sex trafficking and exploitation victims in the state of Georgia. Georgia Cares works to identify and reach victims of child sex trafficking, helping to restore their safety, health, and well-being. Our nonprofit also operates a 24-hour, 7-day Hotline to handle emergency calls and provide critical assistance. We train professionals, communities, and child serving organizations on the dangers, signs, and victimization of child sex trafficking.

Since inception in 2009, Georgia Cares has received over 2,100 referrals for trafficked and exploited youth from over 114 Georgia counties. In 2017, Georgia Cares served nearly 600 youth in the state. Georgia Cares plans to use all funds raised during the Brackets for Good Tournament to support their work of ensuring that child sex trafficking victims in the state receive quality care and services.

Brackets For Good uses the power of sport, innovative technology, and online fundraising tournaments to inspire people to learn about and rally behind charitable nonprofits that make our world a better place. Brackets For Good is a program of 501(c)3 charitable organization, Joined For Good. Since the inaugural tournament in 2012, new awareness, an average of over 30% first-time donors, and over $6.4 Million dollars has been generated for hundreds of charitable organizations across the country. It’s Competitive Giving. Everybody Wins. For more information, visit BFG.org.

Participating nonprofits rally enthusiastic donors to out-fundraise their opponents in order to advance. Through the excitement, localized marketing and corporate involvement, nonprofits earn increased exposure, gain access to free fundraising tools, and are introduced to new donors. Dollars from donors translate to points, giving participants the opportunity to advance in each markets’ bracket. Competing nonprofits keep donations received during tournament play, no matter how many rounds they advance. The winning organization in each tournament receives an additional championship grant.

To get in the game and help Georgia Cares win Brackets For Good Atlanta 2018, visit https://atlanta.bfg.org/ matches/2072 and score points by making donations!