Here’s one way to give back this holiday season

By Beth Musgrave

Updated November 30, 2016 3:22 PM

Wilson the dachshund and Ashley Marcum represented the Lexington Humane Society as they waited for the Good Giving Challenge kick-off event at Fifth Third Pavilion in Lexington Tuesday. More than 120 nonprofits are in the Good Giving Challenge. Pablo Alcalá palcala@herald-leader.com

Lexington Mayor Jim Gray kicked off a rally Tuesday for the GoodGiving Challenge, an annual push to raise money for 120 Central and Eastern Kentucky nonprofits.

The Blue Grass Community Foundation in collaboration with Smiley Pete Publishing hosted the rally at the Fifth Third Pavilion in downtown Lexington. Hundreds of nonprofits participated in the kick-off event. Last year, the fundraising push raised $1.34 million for locally based nonprofits.

Since it was launched in 2011, the challenge has raised more than $5.5 million. The GoodGiving Challenge encourages donations to local nonprofits from Nov. 29 to Dec. 31. To learn more about the GoodGiving Challenge and some of the nonprofits featured, go to BGCF.org/challenge.

This story was originally published November 30, 2016 at 1:09 PM with the headline "Here’s one way to give back this holiday season."

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