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Old 10-07-2016, 03:44 PM
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Gofundme or youcaring

Anyone used Gofundme or youcaring for helping people during the loss of a loved one?- which one would you prefer and which one would you avoid? This afternoon my brother in law lost their 1 week old son, We would like to set up a fund for them to help with funeral expenses, ect but I never had any experience with any of these companies. Any advise will be greatly appreciated!

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Old 10-07-2016, 04:41 PM
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Never heard of youcaring but have seen plenty of gofundme pages. Sorry to hear about your brother in law's loss.
Old 10-08-2016, 09:19 AM
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Never heard of youcaring but have seen plenty of gofundme pages. Sorry to hear about your brother in law's loss.
+1 I have no first hand experience with either but purely going by "brand recognition" GoFundMe is very well known and often used.
Old 10-08-2016, 09:28 AM
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Wow Jake, I'm sorry to hear, man...
having a young one myself...I can't even imagine how devastated they must be.
My condolences and I concur on gofundme.
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Thanks for the advice! I did some more research online and found that youcaring was cheaper than gofunme and it had a lot of good reviews (not that gofundme had any bad ones) so I went that route. So far the fundraiser has been very successful.




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