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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
Eventbrites 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 Magazines 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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