Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Digital Fundraising Platforms topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Borough manager previews 'See My Legacy' fundraising platform, highlights Eagle Scout campaign and QR memorials
Summary
Emmaus Borough Manager Shane demonstrated the See My Legacy platform at the June 16 meeting, showing volunteer signups, donation options, QR-linked memorial plaques and a $7,300 Eagle Scout dugout campaign; the borough expects modest subscription and transaction fees.
On June 16, 2025, Emmaus Borough Manager Shane presented SeeMyLegacy.com to the borough council as a fundraising, volunteer-signup and legacy platform the borough has begun using.
Shane said the platform lets nonprofit groups and individuals run campaigns with their own web links and QR codes and route donations directly to the recipient’s bank account. He demonstrated three live borough campaigns: the America 250 volunteer sign-up, a summer concert sponsorship page and an Eagle Scout fundraiser by Chase Ice to build dugouts at South Fourth Street.
Chase Ice’s campaign lists a project cost of $7,300 and includes tiered sponsorship levels, Shane said. “If I wanted to give a thousand dollars, I could be a level 5 sponsor,” he said, describing how donors can select preset amounts or contribute custom sums.
Shane said the borough pays an annual subscription fee to the vendor he estimated at about $1,500 per year and that the vendor had recently announced a transaction fee of about $0.30 per credit-card donation. “It looks like it’ll be $20.30 is the notification received,” he said in response to a council question about whether a $20 donation would be charged an additional $0.30.
Council member Anders asked whether the borough website could link directly to the campaigns; Shane said the three campaigns went live within the previous four to five weeks and that a website link could be added.
Shane said the platform supports mapping of memorials and campaign storyboards so that a plaque or bench with a QR code can link to a donor’s story page and photos. He demonstrated volunteer committee sign-ups that show the number of slots remaining for event volunteer roles.
Council members asked about fees and web links; Shane said the borough is still rolling out the platform and that nonprofits may set up their own campaigns through the borough-hosted site without routing funds through borough accounts.
The presentation concluded without a formal vote; council members expressed general support and asked staff to add campaign links to the borough website.
