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Tweetsgiving brings Twitter together to raise $10,000 for charity

by Jason Sanders | November 26, 2008 at 12:35 pm

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Tweetsgiving has turned Twitter's ability to bring out sarcastic and witty comments in its users into an online chairty that is trying to raise $10,000 for a class of Tanzanian students. Run by Epic Change, they've already collected over $6,000 of the $10,000goal within one day of being open.

It's really cool that some people have been able to use the technology to bring some holiday cheer to less fortunate people during this economic time. Hopefully they can turn this onetime occasion into an annual event.

Tweetsgiving also gives the twitterati an opportunity to let the world know what they're thankful about, check out the conversation:

firestar9s: I am thankful for twiter. :) #tweetsgiving - learn what tweetsgiving is about: http://tinyurl.com/4thanks (expand)

beckinoles: I am thankful for my husband @dalenoles who has the patience of a saint & an awesome business sense #TweetsGiving 2 minutes ago

willowdiamond: #tweetsgiving I'm thankful for every day I don't wake up horridly sick.

davekerpen: @kanter Thanks for your support #Tweetsgiving. I am thankful for being able to to leave my office to take care of my sick wife and baby :(

vegangirlsworld: I am thankful for my sanity and my family in this insane, lonely world #tweetsgiving!