TweetsGiving

WOW!

WE DID IT!!! We raised over $10,000 in just 48 hours through the power of Twitter and social media. 336 contributors collectively raised enough money to fund a new classroom for a school in Tanzania. On this special Thanksgiving Day, all we can say is THANK YOU!

The Giving Continues

If you missed TweetsGiving 2008, don’t worry, you may still make a donation using the ChipIn widget, or at http://www.EpicChange.org/donate to support the work that Epic Change does transforming compelling stories into social change. Each $10 donation made through this widget will now add a book to the school’s first library, which you may inscribe with a personal tweet of gratitude.

In addition, as the holiday season approaches, we hope you’ll consider giving gifts from the Epic Change Gift Shop, which is a valuable source of income for our partner school in Tanzania. Epic Change cards and gifts feature the artwork of children at the school, award-winning photographer Tim Llewellyn and West Hollywood candle designer Timothy Jay.

Epic Change makes loans to changemakers like the school’s founder, Mama Lucy Kamptoni, then collaborates with them to transform their hopeful stories into the income they need to pay back loans and create sustainable income streams to support their efforts. By buying these gifts instead of fruitcake and toasters this year, you are directly supporting the efforts of a woman in Tanzania who used to sell chickens, and used her income to build a school that now serves 242 amazing kids like Gideon, Glory, Pius and many more. Please consider making a contribution today or buying a gift from the store!

Epic Change believes compelling stories are assets that hopeful people in need can use to transform their own communities. Just look at how much good your stories of gratitude have done, and imagine what else is possible.

To follow the story of the classroom that Twitter built, and the work of Epic Change, visit http://www.EpicChange.org, subscribe (via email or RSS) to our blog and follow our founders, @StaceyMonk and @sanjspatel on Twitter.

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 classroom in Tanzania.

TweetsGiving will be held from Tuesday, 11.25.08 (12pm EST) to Thursday, 11.27.08 (12pm EST).

How do I participate?

1. TWEET THANKS: Share something you’re thankful for with all your twitter followers. Your tweets can be touching or silly, poignant or fun. Just tweet from the heart and be sure to include the #TweetsGiving tag and a link to http://tinyurl.com/4thanks.

2. GIVE: Make a donation in honor of whatever -
or whomever - you’re grateful for.

• Every $10 buys a brick to build a classroom in Tanzania. (1,000 bricks = new classroom!) Email your TweetsGiving tweet to tweetsgiving@gmail.com, and it will be painted on your brick!
• For $100 or more, you’ll be named one of our “Top Turkeys” and we’ll list your gift on our site.
• Or, with the holiday season approaching, you may buy unique gifts at http://shop.EpicChange.org. With each purchase, you’ll add one or more bricks to a new classroom at the school.

3. SPREAD THE GRATITUDE: Follow @TweetsGiving to fill your twitter stream with gratitude, then blog, retweet, or even change your avatar to the TweetsGiving Turkey.

4. STAY TUNED: Subscribe to the Epic Change blog and follow TweetsGiving and Epic Change founder @StaceyMonk to follow the story once the holiday has passed.

So, what are you grateful for?

See what other people are grateful for across twitter in the live search of #tweetsgiving!

At TweetsGiving and Epic Change, we’re grateful for our fabulous team of collaborators who have been instrumental in helping us spread gratitude across the Twitterverse. Follow these birds…they’re good eggs!

The Tweetsgiving Team

Tweetsgiving is an Epic Change project created with incredible collaboration from: