Twitter Followers Raise Thousands of Dollars for Charity

Feb. 13, 2009, Chronicle of Philanthropy — Organizers of the 24-hour global fund-raising effort known as Twestival are still counting the cash they raised Thursday for charity: water, which works to provide clean drinking water to developing countries.

Twestival, which took place on February 12 at more than 175 cities around the world from Banaglore to Baton Rouge, brought together people who use the social networking site, Twitter, to meet in person and raise money for charity.