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Digital Agencies Help Sandy Recovery Efforts

Digital agencies in the New York area, reports Digiday, are helping in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy. Agencies are collecting donations, food, provisions and building online sites to help with the recovery.
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Charities Use Apps to Gain Donations

According to KVAL.com, more local charities are turning to mobile apps to help grow their missions.
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Giving Gifts to Charity Via Facebook

According to Wired, Facebook is giving users the ability to give charitable donations as gifts. At this time, only those members with gifts activated on their accounts will be able to make donations.
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Hurricane Relief Via Registries

According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Occupy Wallstreet Supporters are using gift registries at Amazon.com and Wal-mart.com to send relief items to victims of Hurricane Sandy.
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Cellphones and the Presidential Race

A Pew Research study shows that donations via cell phones significantly affected the presidential campaign, reports Forbes.
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MTV Helps Victims of Sandy

According to the New York Times, MTV is holding a one-hour fundraising special to benefit called Restore the Shore, to benefit victims of Hurricane Sandy.
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Survey Shows Donor Motivation

Eventbrite’s online survey, uSamp, shows that while 72% of people surveyed have supported a cause with time or money, only 21% describe themselves as passionate about the cause, reports Fundraising Success Magazine.
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New Online Bank Gives to Charity

Able, a new online bank, will donate $25 to charity for every account opened, reports the New York Times. The customer will be able to select which charity receives the donation.
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Association for Fundraising Professionals New CMO in Top 100

The new chief marketing officer for the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Scott Pearl, has been named to Social Media Marketing Magazine’s list of top 100 CMOs, reports The Association of Fundraising Professionals.
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George Lucas Plans to Use Disney Money for Education

According to the Hollywood Reporter, George Lucas intends to donate a majority of the proceeds from the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney to educational charities. Whether this will include a donation to Edutopia or the forming of a new educational charity remains to be seen.
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