People search the Web for health information so it shouldn’t be a surprise that they are using social media to raise money for medical expenses.
YouCaring.com is one site that provides an online platform for people to raise funds for medical expenses, as well as tuition, adoptions and faith-related mission trips. Within two months of its launch, the site recorded 265 registered users, with medical-expenses fundraising being the most successful category, said Luke Miner, a YouCaring.com co-founder.
Unlike Kickstarter, the fundraising site used by entrepreneurs to fund creative projects, YouCaring.com does not take a commission from the donations, Miner said. He cited one medical-expenses fundraiser that generated more than $16,000 to treat one man’s bone cancer.
Other sites include FundBunch, GoFundMe and GiveForward, a 3-year-old site that helps people raise money for expenses such as chemotherapy and organ transplants.
