UPDATE, WED. 6:00 p.m.

You can still donate until midnight tonight, Wednesday, online, for the GiveBIG 2012 event. Check out their webpage of participating organizations here.

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This one is a unique opportunity to help local Burien nonprofits through the GiveBIG 2012 event.

For this event you can participate from anywhere in the world online on one day only, Wednesday May 2nd or right here in your community.

From 3:00 - 5:00 PM we will have a laptop live at the Tin Room, where you can come and make your $20 (or more) donation to support a local Burien Charity in a BIG way. As a thank you, anyone who donates between 3:00 - 5:00 PM at the Tin Room location get's 2 for 1 appetizers. Come out for a good cause and stay for great food!

The Seattle Foundation's GiveBIG is a one-day, online charitable giving event inspire people to give generously to nonprofit organizations who make our region a healthier and more vital place to live.

Each donation made through The Seattle Foundation's website to the any of the 1,300 profiled nonprofit organizations between midnight and midnight (Pacific Time) on May 2, 2012 will receive a pro-rated portion of the matching funds (or "stretch") pool. The amount of the "stretch" depends on the size of the stretch pool and how much is raised in total donations on GiveBIG day. For example, if a nonprofit organization receives 3 percent of the total donations during GiveBIG, then it will receive 3 percent of the stretch pool.

Throughout GiveBIG, donors will be chosen at random to have an additional $1,000 given to the charity that received their donation. The selected donor will also be eligible to win a Starbucks gift card worth $100!