# Blogathon gets underway

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/08/05/blogathon-gets-underway/
- Published: 2005-08-05T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Blogathon 2005 is happening now, with bloggers updating their websites over 30 minutes
for a 24 hour period and collecting sponsors or pledges to donate to charity.
A 
Blogathon is a marathon blog session in aid of charity. Participants have to commit
to update their site every 30 minutes for a day, and raise at least $5 before getting
underway.

The first Blogathon was held on 28 July 2001 and raised $20,099, twice its target.
A year later 212 Blogathon participants raised $58,446 for charities, and in 2003
401 bloggers raised $102,534. The organiser took a year off in 2004, but the event
is back again this year.

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