Coach Mitchell Supports Donation Drive For Local Nonprofits

The Good Giving Guide Challenge ends this week, and The Mitchell Family Foundation has agreed to match a portion of donations during its last day with the Buzzer Beater Challenge.

The Good Giving Guide Challenge is a partnership between Blue Grass Community Foundation and Smiley Pete Publishing that hopes to boost donations for 155 local nonprofits toward the end of the year.

As of Thursday morning they had raised $1.2 million in funds.

As a way to bolster last minute donations, UK Women’s Basketball Head Coach Matthew Mitchell and his Mitchell Family Foundation have announced the Buzzer Beater Challenge, which will start Thursday morning at 11:59 a.m. and will last till the final minute of the challenge, Friday night at 11:59 p.m.

The Mitchell Family Foundation will match individual donations from $10 to $1,000 at $0.50 on the dollar. They will match donations in this manner until the end of the challenge or until they’ve exhausted their $100,000 pool.

Coach Mitchell announced his challenge Thursday in this YouTube video.

For more information on the Good Giving Guide Challenge you can visit www.bggives.org, and to look at the list of local nonprofits you can find the guide here.