Why Celeste Barber's bushfire fundraiser is more complicated than it seems
ABCLess than two weeks after Celeste Barber launched her bushfire fundraiser on Facebook, the campaign has raised more than $51 million. But the money donated by more than 1.3 million people through Barber's campaign, created to benefit the Trustee For NSW Rural Fire Service and Brigades Donations Fund, has been in limbo for days. "I have had some pretty long and pretty boring conversations with fancy people at PayPal, Facebook, and the RFS, and I can tell you now, your money is getting moving," she said. "PayPal Giving Fund has begun granting funds to The Trustee for NSW Rural Fire Service and Brigades Donation Fund," a spokesperson told the ABC. "PayPal Giving Fund's first priority is to honour the donors' wishes and grant donated funds to the charity they've nominated — which in the case of Celeste Barber's fundraiser is the Trustee of NSW RFS to whom funds are being granted," the spokesperson said.
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