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Letting Your Fingers Do the Running - New York Times

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More than three million Americans participate in these local events each year, as do people in 21 other countries around the world. To date, the program has raised more than $1.5 billion for the organization. Now, the residents of an online world are getting in on the act, too.

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White House-Backed Kickstarter Campaign Raises Refugee Aid - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

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White House-Backed Kickstarter Campaign Raises Refugee Aid - The Chronicle of Philanthropy : "At the request of the Obama administration, crowdfunding site Kickstarter is hosting its first humanitarian campaign, aimed at raising money to help Syrian refugees, The New York Times reports. via Blog this'

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Red Cross Aims to Boost Sharing and Giving With Hope.ly – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

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Red Cross Aims to Boost Sharing and Giving With Hope.ly – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy : "The American Red Cross is introducing an online tool that aims to leverage popular Web content to spur donations to the charity, writes The New York Times. Developed with Bit.ly, the URL-shortening service, Hope.ly

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Y of N.Y. Uses Social Media to Collect Stories—and Donors - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

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Within 48 hours of issuing the appeal by e-mail and social media, the organization received nearly 300 stories recounting childhood swimming lessons, triathlon training, exercise programs started after injuries, and long-ago summer camps.

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USA Today Offers News Modules Users Can Put On Personal Pages

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USA Today Offers News Modules Users Can Put On Personal Pages: "NEW YORK (AP)--USA Today is plunging into a hot new Internet technology, offering users the ability to install 'widgets' on their blogs and personal Web pages that contain news updates and other information from the newspaper.

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