I like bricks. I spent years donating to the Juno Beach Centre fundraiser to buy my dad a brick. As a child, I loved Lego. Ok, I’m not kidding anyone, I still love Lego.  But there’s something special about charity drives that involve bricks.  They stand for something. Peace. Security. Future.

Yesterday I posted about a social media fundraiser – Tweetsgiving.  Now that I’m not blogging from my phone, I have a bit more functionality available to my blog postings and can include direct links and other fun bits and pieces.

So, what is Tweetsgiving?

Tweetsgiving is a Twitter celebration of gratitude and giving created by Epic Change, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The project aims to demonstrate the power of the social web by raising $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania.

While the campaign was launched and is geared mainly towards collecting messages of gratitude from Twitter users, you don’t need have a Twitter account to donate. Just go to tweetsgiving.org and click on the ChipIn widget (uses PayPal).

To date 5610.06$ has been collected. Half-way through the campaign and just a little over half-way to the goal.  Tweetsgiving ends at noon on Nov 28th.  What are you waiting for?

If you’re the type who needs to get something in return – and foreigners such as Canadians won’t be able to claim any charitable donation tax deductions from donating to US based charities – you can purchase something from the Epic Change store. Every purchase will add one or more bricks to the tally.

Learn More

• TomWatson; CauseWired – A Happy ‘TweetsGiving’
• buzzmarketing daily – Put the “giving” back in Thanksgiving!

Highlight of my day yesterday?  Tabz retweeted my Tweetsgiving message.

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