The Red Lantern team has arrived in Nome & the Widow’s lamp is extinguished, signaling all mushers are safely off the trail! Congrats to all #Iditarod54 teams! This concludes #igivearod for this year. Thanks to everyone who shared, donated, matched, & otherwise contributed in the spirit of igivearod

Espy@esp1371.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The red lantern has arrived in Nome! Over the past 2.5 hours, nine teams have made it safely in. Kevin Hanson, Sadie Lindquist, Joey Sabin, Sam Paperman, Sydnie Bahl, Brenda Mackey, Keaton Loebrich, Jason Mackey and, our red lantern, Richie Beattie!! #mushersky #iditarod54

Our Red Lantern is into the chute and under the arch. #Iditarod54

The red lantern is 10 miles out, so you've got maybe 90 minutes before the matchy match runs out and not too much longer before the #igivearod formally closes for the year.

Espy@esp1371.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The final nine are still working their way to Nome which means there is still time to donate to the #igivearod! My well ran dry, but Mac is still at the matchy match with some other anonymous elves, so any donation will receive matches (per donor, not per dollar). docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

All teams are through Safety, Richie Beattie is currently in the red lantern placement. #Iditarod54

At this moment, there are only 6 open classrooms on the DonorsChoose page. Wouldn't it be great if we could fund these 6 before the Widow Lamp is extinguished? #UglyDogs

Igivearod 2026: Supporting Remote Alaska | DonorsChoose

The Igivearod fundraising drive is a grassroots effort to support remote schools across Alaska and other community organizations along the route of the Iditarod Sled Dog Trail Race. Learn more at i...

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Espy@esp1371.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The final nine are still working their way to Nome which means there is still time to donate to the #igivearod! My well ran dry, but Mac is still at the matchy match with some other anonymous elves, so any donation will receive matches (per donor, not per dollar). docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

We’re at nearly 200 donations and $25,000 for #igivearod as the back of the pack heads for Nome! There’s still matches on going. Big thanks to Espy, Mac & Melissa for their contributions & the anonymous donors joining in. The IGiveARod continues until the red lantern crosses under the Burled Arch.

mac_b52@mac-b5.stickimporters.com · 5mo ago

Well, looks like the back of the pack has started their push, so your clock for donating to the #Igivearod is ticking! Time for a little panic, now!

No, wait. That's actually really easy. We're still at 200USD per donation.🙄 Gosh, I'm gonna need a spreadsheet...

Thank you, @esp1371.bsky.social and @muppybean.bsky.social for your matches! You've both run great races! Unfortunately that means that I'm not quite sure how much match money your donations currently get, because I woke up to two anonymous people asking to become wheel dogs in this team.

mac_b52@mac-b5.stickimporters.com · 5mo ago

Well, looks like the back of the pack has started their push, so your clock for donating to the #Igivearod is ticking! Time for a little panic, now!

The back of the #Iditarod54 pack is currently hunkered down at least overnight in White Mountain waiting out the weather. While they safely snooze, the triple match is still ongoing! #igivearod

mac_b52@mac-b5.stickimporters.com · 5mo ago

Don't forget this is still going on. With a couple of matchy matchers. I think we're at $154 added for each donation? Unless y'all changed that too while I slept? 😁

#UglyDogs #IGiveARod The donation tracker says we are just under 20K -- can we push it over that before the current Red Lantern gets to WM? Or how about we push it over that mark just because this is what we do? Here's my doggo, whose run/rest schedule is about 15 min/6 hours.

#UglyDogs the back of the musher pack are going to stay in White Mountain until tomorrow morning, so we have two more days to donate! Triple match still happening, $154 for every donation, just add it to the spreadsheet or use the Google Form linked there so it gets counted. #Igivearod

Igivearod Fundraising Drive@igivearod.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hello all! There will be more posts to come in the next few days but we're ready to go with igivearod 2026! - www.igivearod.com - bit.ly/igivearod2026 - www.donorschoose.org/igivearod26 We're more stretched than usual at wrangler HQ so apologies & please let us know if you spot any issues!

As the teams continue to arrive in Nome, the #Igivearod also continues until the red lantern arrives. So far, nearly $18,000 has been raised for Alaskan schools and other worthy charities. Check out the spreadsheet and remember, the matchy match is ongoing! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Here’s a valuable Donors Choose project— supplies for a K-2 classroom of low income rural AK kids. #UglyDogs we can make this happen. Don’t forget to log your donation on the #IGiveARod spreadsheet or use the Google form linked on it, to trigger the THREE matching donations!

Classroom Supplies for Curious Little Minds, a project from Ms. Sheena Jamin

Help me give my students engaging tools and other classroom materials that support meaningful learning experiences This project's goal is to create a warm, safe, and engaging classroom where my...

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#UglyDogs now is our chance to give Mac a headache when he wakes up! For very good causes!

mac_b52@mac-b5.stickimporters.com · 5mo ago

The spreadsheet is at 128 entries now. Up by 44 entries from the original 84. I am heading into bed right now. Wouldn't it be a horrible surprise if I woke up to a clean 150 donations? #igivearod

In addition to the match, you can enter a drawing to receive this beautiful painting! Log your donation on the tracker for the match and send @libbystigaard.bsky.social a message for the drawing!

Libby@libbystigaard.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hey, #UglyDogs! I wanted to give the #IGiveARod a little boost, so I'm raffling off a small dog painting to anyone who has donated at least $5 US to one of the #DonorsChoose campaigns on the list. 1/3 #watercolor #art

A lot of good going on today in the @igivearod.bsky.social world. If you are able to give, a number of folks are matching donations today to amplify the impact. Find more information about wonderful organizations to support here: igivearod.com #Igivearod

Donating to this year’s #IGiveARod #IGiveARod26 while thinking about these words hits different. The community that Blair’s wonderful writing about her love of the outdoors and her dogs has helped to build has gone on to influence so much good and love being poured in to in communities in Alaska.

Blair Braverman@blairbraverman.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It's hard to think about retiring from racing, because mushing is, and will always be, a huge part of my life. So I took a journey with my older dogs, who have retired themselves. They've taught me so much over the years; now, they're teaching me to live with change. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/m...

For the matchy match, please be sure to list your contribution on the tracker! Send us a message or use the linked form if you need assistance.

mac_b52@mac-b5.stickimporters.com · 5mo ago

Well, two times is tradition, right? From now on until the Widow's Lamp is extinguished, I will match every donation tracked on the #Igivearod Tracker with $54*. *There is a limit, because I know my 'dogs ;) Just to increase your stress levels I will not tell you this limit, so better donate fast!

As always, if you cannot donate yourself right now, you know the drill. Look at other ways to give on the #Igivearod spreadsheet and DM me (here or in the Disco) what you have done. I will scritch this Pollox for each of you. Oh, and send $54 to AVRO.

Matchy match match match time! Thank you espy and Mac and Melissa and everyone who’s donated or shared or otherwise contributed! Here’s your opportunity to turn $1 into $154! #igivearod

Espy@esp1371.bsky.social · 5mo ago

But what's that you say, Melissa and mac, there's more? 😉 I will be matching mac's $54 donation with another $54 donation. So, if I mathed correctly, someone could donate a dollar and have that donation fully matched with $154!! LFG!! #UglyDogs #Igivearod

Current #Iditarod54 leader Jessie Holmes is out of White Mountain and incoming to Nome this evening! Just a reminder that #igivearod runs until the red lantern (the final musher) arrives safely into Nome. Let’s go Jessie and team!

MJB@mjbuzzz.bsky.social · 5mo ago

First #Iditarod54 mushing team expected to reach Nome around 12:45AM ET tonight! There's usually a free livestream available. Will confirm and post a link later.

$184 left for this class in the village of Tok to be able to have snacks for their field trip! Tok is a small town in southeast Alaska, over three hours from Fairbanks. #igivearod

Red Dirt Girl and Her Hound@reddirtgirlhound.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#UglyDogs #IGivearod 🥹 everything is so hard right now. This class needs snacks for their field trip 🙂 2 hours outside of their community. Just kids having a fantastic day.

It’s that time again. I’m back supporting The August Foundation for Alaska Racing Dogs… https://www.theaugustfund.com/donate.html #mushersky #uglydogs #igivearod

Jeff@lightningjeff.net · last yr.

I’m in, supporting The August Foundation and The Tundra Women’s Coalition. It’s been a fun Iditarod, enhanced by the good work of #mushersky and not a few #uglydogs. #igivearod

#UglyDogs #IGivearod Fully funded 🫶❤️🧡💛💚💙 Ms Cortina and her students will be so delighted to receive a color printer!

Karen Zack@kjzack6.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#UglyDogs only $199 left on this! Can we close it out before my 9 pm Eastern bedtime?

As week 2 of the Iditarod rolls on, so does the #Igivearod. We are about 30 hours from the winner in Nome, but the giving continues until the red lantern arrives. So far, we have raised almost $10,000!! Plenty of good schools and charities can still use help though! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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As the #iditarod54 leaders make their way across the sea ice, the #igivearod is up to $9500, with almost $6000 of that going to 13 DC projects in 10 Alaska schools. There’s a project here to fund snacks for kids in Utqiagvik, the northernmost town in the US. www.donorschoose.org/project/happ...

Happy Tummy, Happy Learning, a project from Ms. FIDELYN JOY TAYAG

Help me give my students snacks to fill in their hunger every afternoon. My students are energetic, joyful, and full of curiosity. They work hard every day, and I love seeing how excited they are t...

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There’s still a bit left on this project in Kotzebue, in Northwest Alaska.

Trish Paton@trishpaton.bsky.social · 5mo ago

There’s $408 left to go on this, for a preK-Gr2 classroom! A camera to showcase classroom & student progress to parents, community, each other. Let’s get that down tonight. #UglyDogs #IGiveARod

Hey #Uglydogs, I thought I sent this yesterday, but apparently I was wrong, so let’s start again. I am unable to be the Donors Choose hype-man this year, but I still want to take part. After the leader mushes under the arch, I’ll randomly select 2 donors and send them a handmade gift. #igivearod

My favorite is Jody Potts-Joseph, President of Hungwitchin Village Corporation, director of Doyon Limited, and Han Gwich’in from Eagle Village, Alaska. You might recognize her name as mom of Quannah Chasinghorse! people.com/style/quanna...

Quannah Chasinghorse, Mom Jody Potts-Joseph Wear Their Hair Long to Break 'Bonds of Colonization' (Exclusive)

Quannah Chasinghorse and her mom Jody Potts-Joseph took part in a Mother's Day campaign with Paul Mitchell and spoke to PEOPLE about how their hair empowers them.

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If you aren't keeping up with the Iditarod this year, here is a good reason to: Four mushers are Alaskan Native: Kevin Hansen, Inupiaq; Ryan Redington, Inupiaq; Kaiser, Yup’ik; and Jody Potts-Joseph. Another, Jesse Terry, Anishinabe, is Indigenous from Canada. #Uglydogs ictnews.org/news/iditaro...

IDITAROD 2026: A musher on a mission - ICT

Jody Potts-Joseph wants to encourage young Alaska Natives to travel the way of the ancestors

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