Americans who are turning to their cell phones to donate money via text message for Haitian relief efforts have pledged more than $20 million as of Monday, an unprecedented amount for mobile donations.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy estimated Monday that donations to earthquake-ravaged Haiti now exceed a record-breaking $150 million, more than four times the amount given to tsunami relief efforts in 2004.
Social networking sites like Facebook and mobile phone technology have made it easier for charities like the American Red Cross — which has raised $12 million via text message alone — to raise these needed funds.
A number of other relief groups have been added to the accepted list of organizations that can receive text message donations from customers of the four main wireless carriers in the United States — Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, said Jim Manis, chairman and CEO of the Mobile Giving Foundation (www.mobilegiving.org).
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy estimated Monday that donations to earthquake-ravaged Haiti now exceed a record-breaking $150 million, more than four times the amount given to tsunami relief efforts in 2004.
Social networking sites like Facebook and mobile phone technology have made it easier for charities like the American Red Cross — which has raised $12 million via text message alone — to raise these needed funds.
A number of other relief groups have been added to the accepted list of organizations that can receive text message donations from customers of the four main wireless carriers in the United States — Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, said Jim Manis, chairman and CEO of the Mobile Giving Foundation (www.mobilegiving.org).
More from: Cell fone texters raise $20 million for Haiti -- Port Angeles Port Townsend Sequim Forks Jefferson County Clallam County Olympic Peninsula Daily NEWS
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