Tag: DONATION

Chris Hughes, the co-founder of Facebook and the social media expert behind Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, has now launched a new social network designed exclusively for social activism. The idea behind the new site, called Jumo, is to help users find causes that mean a lot to them, and strengthen their ties with other, similarly minded activists. Hughes announced the project back ...

When a massive earthquake struck Haiti last this year, the Red Cross managed to collect a total of $30 million in donations sent via text message. Since then, many other nonprofit organizations have tried to incorporate the Red Cross's SMS approach into their business models, but, as the New York Times reports, few have been able to do so successfully. The biggest hurdle most nonprofits face ...

As it turns out, Facebook is good for something. According to The Wall Street Journal, Cathy Schroeder donated a kidney to a friend of a Facebook friend back in 2008 after she saw the woman's plea for help on the social networking site. It's amazing that Schroeder would give an organ to Beth Abramowitz just because she read it on Facebook, especially since the two women had never met. But Emily ...

Unbelievably, Americans throw away two million tons of electronic goods every year. Next time you're cleaning house, consider giving stuff away instead, using your local thrift store, mission or bulletin board like FreeCycle.org. In the latter case, simply list your offering and someone in need will contact you. Likewise, it's a great way to find something for yourself. The only rule? Everything ...

Everyone's gotta change with the times, including religious faiths, and we're not talking about same-sex marriage here. We're talking about plastic. Cash has been on the outs with the American public for a while now. Some Americans don't even bother to carry any at this point, and churches are trying to keep pace. Many now accept credit cards or automatic bank transfers for donations. Dr. Marty ...