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Residents are giving back for Fairfield County's Giving Day.

The&nbsp;ninth&nbsp;annual event is put on by Fairfield County's Community Foundation.

The event started&nbsp;in&nbsp;2014 and has raised&nbsp;$11.5 million for dozens of nonprofits in the area.&nbsp;

The event is a 24-hour virtual day of giving.

Those interested in donating can head to <a href="http://fcgives.org">fcgives.org</a> and search for a nonprofit that is participating.

Gov. Ned Lamont declared Thursday Fairfield County's Giving Day.

The event started in 2014 and has raised $11.5 million for dozens of nonprofits in the area. 

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Residents give back in 9th annual Fairfield County's Giving Day

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And if you're feeling generous, then today is the day for you. It is Fairfield County's giving day. That's great. And News 12 Connecticut's Lauren Forbes is live this morning in the alert center with how you can donate to the nonprofit of your choice. Tell us how to do it. Lauren Good morning, Good morning to you, rick and Annalisa. Yeah. So this is a 24 hour virtual day of giving. This is something that Fairfield County's Community Foundation started all the way back in 2000 and 14. And since then, more than $11.5 million has been raised for dozens of nonprofits in the area. So take a look. The concept is pretty simple. All you have to do is head to F. C. gives.org and like I mentioned, this is a 24 hour event. So you can see how much time is left. You can see that there's about 18 hours and 47 minutes to go. You can also see that so far $99,000 has been raised by 885 donors. And all of that money right now is going to 116 organizations. So if you have a non profit that you have in mind that you would like to donate to, you can see if it is taking part or you can search by city. So for example, if we search by Norwalk here, you can see some nonprofits in the area that are taking part like these ones here. So we spoke with the president and Ceo of Fairfield County's Community Foundation and she said that this year she's even more excited than she normally is because Governor Lamont has declared today, Fairfield County's giving day, Take a listen. We're so excited that our elected officials have chosen to support us in this way because it means so much for all the nonprofits who need the funds more than ever. Um, and helping them to raise the money, they need to do. The work they do is really what this is all about. Yeah. So as you can see, the clock is ticking 18 hours and 46 minutes to go. If you'd like to donate, it runs until 11 59 tonight. We'll be putting this information for you on our website, news 12 dot com as well as on the news 12 app. You just have to look for this story in the alert center. Lauren for breezy news 12 Connecticut

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