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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

#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

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...

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!

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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!

$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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

$232 left on this project for special education in Alakanuk, a town of just over 700 people in the far west of Alaska. #IGiveARod #Iditarod54

Get up, check where people are on the trail, pick out an @igivearod.bsky.social donors choose project. It's a good way to start the day.

It's #igivearod season, and I just donated to this project which only has 3 days left!! #UglyDogs www.donorschoose.org/project/chil...

#igivearod #UglyDogs. I just made sure that no organization has a zero on the spreadsheet. Thank you to those who make spreadsheet magic, and to those who give of themselves in all ways. It's an honor to do this with all of you. igivearod.com

7 projects are already funded! There’s still more as well as other types of organizations to support. Shares are also a great way to contribute! #igivearod #iditarod54

You won’t regret giving, no matter how small. I got thank you letters from multiple classes last year, into the fall! They were wonderful mood boosters. #UglyDogs and all it’s a great thing to do if you can. These schools are SO strapped for every cent.

While the mushers are (mostly) doing their mandatory 24 hour rests, it's a good time to check out the #Igivearod and help some charities and schools along the trail. We're up to almost $3,000 raised in just over 3 days of race time! Lots of room to grow! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Truly the best time. We don’t have much right now with everything but I plan to find a way to give a little, share a lot, and spread the love. It’s so magical. #mushersky

$86 left for this school in the very north of Alaska to get volleyball equipment! www.donorschoose.org/project/bump...

If you’re interested in #MusherSky, an #UglyDog or just someone who cares about supporting education in rural #Alaska, please consider donating during #Igiverod if you can www.donorschoose.org/igivearod26?...

Day 3 of the Iditarod (well almost to day 3) also brings Day 3 of the Igivearod. Pick a charity and make a donation if you can, but retweets to spread the word are great too! #igivearod docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

With the start of the Iditarod, we also have the official start of the Igivearod. The link to the spreadsheet is below and you'll find a list of very worth charities to contribute to. Please help if you can and spread the word too. #igivearod2026 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Now that the Iditarod is properly underway, it was time to start making my #Igivearod donations...for the seventh(!!) year. That just seems crazy! Join the fun at igivearod.com and make a difference in the rural communities along the trail at igivearod.com

I just donated to the @igivearod.bsky.social campaign in loving memory of Hari Bravermountain #UglyDogs Awooo in his honor

And we’re off! Best of luck to all teams in #iditarod2026!

This brings up a great point! igivearod isn't limited to financial donations. It's about community and finding some joy, while hopefully learning a little about some overlooked topics and people along the way. There are many ways to contribute to #igivearod, and being a happy voice always counts

Time for my annual story time!! The TL;DR is that the links below will take you to donation opportunities for schools and other charities across Alaska that will be open for the duration of the Iditarod (starts Sunday). So bookmark the post below if you don't want to lose it. 1/

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!

We're two weeks out from #Iditarod54. You know what that means! tonichelle.blogspot.com/2026/02/idit... #MusherSky #Iditarod #Iditarod2026 #SledDogs #Alaska #DogSports

Oh dear, is it almost March already? // unlocks door // brushes off some cobwebs // puts new light bulb in hallway // checks status of fire extinguishers and smoke detectors // sits down, cracks knuckles // starts spreadsheet... [COMING SOON!]