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Tweetsgiving: What are You Thankful For?
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tweetsgiving.org — What is Tweetsgiving? Tweetsgiving is a Twitter celebration of gratitude and giving created by Epic Change ,... a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The project aims to demonstrate the power of the social web by raising $10,000 in 48 hours to build a ... (more) TweetsGiving » Home
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Tweetsgiving: What are You Thankful For?
Mashable! — ... Before you get all tangled up in that, you should probably check out an item trending high on Twitter at the moment: Tweetsgiving. ...

TweetsGiving uses Twitter to fund a classroom in Africa on Thanksgiving
VentureBeat — With a few hours to spare, TweetsGiving, a web-based project set up to help build a classroom in a school in Tanzania has surpassed its goal of raising $10,000. What’s interesting is how the word spread about this project: Through the micro-messaging service Twitter. The project, started less than two days ago by Epic Change, a nonprofit organization, leveraged the Thanksgiving holiday and a simple premise to reach its goal. First, it asked that people tweet (a Twitter message) out anything they were thankful for and include the #TweetsGiving tag and a link to the site. A quick scan on Twitter ...

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