As you all may know, the social media world has been on the ball raising money to help the earthquake victims of Haiti. As of Thursday night (January 14th) the Red Cross said it collected nearly $35 million dollars via it’s “Text HAITI to donate $10″ campaign – see @RedCross. Red Cross expects donations made through “normal” channels such as writing a check or on the web, will still outweigh the text messaging campaign but the Twitter campaign might be reaching people who otherwise might not have donated. Interesting, eh?
Mobi Technologies makes headphones. Cute and funny headphones. I saw them at CES and thought they were clever and perfect for teens. In fact, they won the CEA Innovations Award at the show. Today, I learned about their “Heaphonies for Haiti” campaign. They’re getting into action in a meaningful way and I think it’s great. So I would like to tell you about it.
For every Headphonies sold on www.headphonies .com from January 18th to February 28, $1 will be donated to the American Red Cross International Response Fund. To find out other ways to donate or volunteer please visit RedCross.org and WhiteHouse.gov.
Tangerine Times January 17, 2010