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elleng

(130,865 posts)
Sun Dec 20, 2020, 03:15 PM Dec 2020

Silver Spring is the most generous city in the country, according to GoFundMe data.

Alexandria, Virginia, and Rockville, Maryland, also cracked the top 10.

It's the season of giving, but the people of Silver Spring, Maryland, didn't wait until the holidays to give to causes important to them. According to the online fundraising website GoFundMe, Silver Spring is the most generous city in America.

Silver Spring took the No. 1 spot in the site's annual report, while some other cities in our region also made the top 10. Alexandria, Virginia, ranked No. 6 and Rockville, Maryland came in at No. 10. It's a bit of a drop in the rankings for Rockville. The city ranked No. 2 in 2019.

GoFundMe says the rankings are according to the number of donations per capita in cities with a populations greater than 50,000.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/silver-spring-most-generous-city-gofundme-annual-ranking/65-34744de3-5c9b-4e50-9a17-b9af7f2eea5b?

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Silver Spring is the most generous city in the country, according to GoFundMe data. (Original Post) elleng Dec 2020 OP
not surprised handmade34 Dec 2020 #1

handmade34

(22,756 posts)
1. not surprised
Sun Dec 20, 2020, 03:24 PM
Dec 2020

Rockville is near and dear to my heart.... lots of good people!

(...and previous supervisor lives in Silver Springs)

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