Humboldt Broncos campaign second in fundraising

A GoFundMe campaign created after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash was the second largest on the fundraising platform this year.

The campaign, which raised nearly Cdn$15.2 million, is at the top of GoFundMe’s ‘Year in Giving ’ report for 2018.

It’s second only to the fundraising campaign for the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, which was launched in December 2017 as part of the #metoo movement in the United States.

That fundraiser, which helps defray legal costs for victims of sexual harassment, assault, abuse and retaliation in the workplace, has raised nearly US$22 million to become the largest GoFundMe drive ever.

The money raised in the Humboldt Broncos GoFundMe campaign had to go through a courtsupervised process before being distributed.

A Saskatchewan judge recently approved a $525,000 payout to each of the 16 families who lost a loved one and $475,000 for each of the 13 players who were injured in the April 6 crash.

The junior hockey team’s bus and a semi collided in rural Saskatchewan while the Broncos were on their way to a playoff game.