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Twitchange auction is a fundraising phenomenon
Sunday, 10 October 2010 17:15

Those wtwitter_logoho dreamt of the celebrities following them on Twitter received such opportunity this year as during the ten days of September the auction took place on this short-messaging resource. Are you dreaming of being closer in this or that way to the actress Demi Moore? Is Tony Hawk, your idol?

Then the chance can be used by you from now on to get their disposition. But how is it possible to achieve? We hope that you have enough funds to pay for the privilege of this kind.

The charity auction was hosted by Ebay Inc., which was named TwitChange. During the auction participants could bid for the celebrities to follow them, to have the opportunity of retweeting posts of famous people.

The raised sum of money will go to aHomeInHaiti.org and the special needs it has for the reconstruction of Miriam Centre, based in Haiti. Miriam centre is a home, education spot for Haitian kids suffering from autism and cerebral palsy. But it is overcrowded now as many people remained homeless after the tragedy. The website was launched by the pastor Shaun King from Atlanta after the earthquake in Haiti in the beginning of 2010. This idea to organize the auction occurred to him and was supported by over 180 celebrities. Among them Adam Levine - Maroon 5 singer, Zachari Levi, the actor, Snoop Dog, Justin Bieber, Shaquille O’Neil, the Jonas Brothers, Boris Kodjoe, Perez Hilton, Guy Vanerchuk, Kim Kardashian and Usher. Dana White, who is the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) currently, was among leaders with 86 bids, which raised about 15,600 dollars.

Eva Langoria joined the project. Her Twitter account has about 700,000 followers and she thought that she would be of great help to it. We hope that the result will meet the expectation of the organizers. The last figure that was mentioned in mass media is $216,000. The Twitchange can really be called a fundraising phenomenon. There was nothing of the kind until this auction. They manage to raise funds with 140 symbols power and this is amazing!