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February 23, 2015 By SEO Admin

Buffalo Irish Center uses crowdfunding to defer costs of upgrades

The team of volunteers that runs the Buffalo Irish Center, an 88-year-old landmark in South Buffalo, were considering a substantial fundraiser to fund much-needed repairs.

They used to raise money through bingo. This time, they turned to a crowdfunding platform called GoFundMe.

Times have changed.

The Irish Center hit its $25,000 goal in roughly a month and is still going as its GoFundMe page zooms around the web, having been officially “shared” more than 1,000 times via Facebook and Twitter.

It…