BlogWorld Takeaways 4/5: #BeatCancer raises $70,000+ for Charity

Don Lemon, anchor of CNN, led the social media charge to Beat Cancer last weekend at Blogworld Expo. This is part 4, in a 5 part series documenting my takeaways from Blogworld 2009.

Don Lemon and #beatcancer from What Gives.

Twitter and Facebook has enabled charities and causes to do some amazing work at healing and building spirits for those suffering. The folks and Alex’s Lemonade stand, and Spirit Jump really touched me with what they do.

Because the only investment necessary to grow a community on Twitter and Facebook is time, non profits are flocking to these free social tools to spread their message and build relationships.

Between Don Lemon and Blogworld, the hashtag #beatcancer was repeated more than 700,000 times and raised over $70,000 for charity thanks to matching donations from eBay and Paypal. For more information visit: Beatcancereverywhere.com