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Vote for Your CNN Hero: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact

Have Fun - Do Good

Today, the Los Angeles nanny funds a school in her native Malawi -- where half a million children have been orphaned by the disease." She and volunteer camera crews have taped roughly 3,000 inmate messages." Since May 2007, he and his crew have aided thousands of victims at 15 sites across the United States -- free of charge."

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10 Ways Geolocation is Changing the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

By offering badges, mayorships, and other intangible rewards, millions of people are checking in to the places they go. The next step is for these apps to add greater purpose by encouraging more meaningful checkins and offering corresponding badges and stamps, thus mapping the cause universe. Here are #10Ways : 1.

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