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Charities benefit from social media

 

If you are a user of Facebook or Twitter you have no doubt seen the creative ways charities are leveraging social networking to help raise funds.  With a tight economy, effective fund raising is now more important than ever. 

Many charities are turning to Twitter to spread news of their causes:

BREAKING NEWS: Prize4Life Awards $100,000 in prizes for solvers of ALS Biomarker Challenge http://is.gd/v6HV   (@Prize4Life)

 Featured Charity : World Wildlife Fund:Protecting the future of nature http://minurl.org/o3xf  (@CharityTweets)

Facebook is home to many, many charities, though groups and, even more creatively through games, such as 'Lil Green Patch.  I have been the recipient of several plants from friends on Facebook and, at first, I started to decline.  But when I realized there was really something to it and a company was making charitiable contributions based on the game, I decided to participate.  Learn more about how charities are using social media in this informative article.

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