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Jen Lemen Raises Over $3,000 in 24 Hours for Rwanda Project

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I first met Jen at BlogHer in Chicago last summer at the Global Women's panel. During the America's Giving Challenge, when we dropped into 5th place and I thought the race was over, Jen activated her supportive network with this beautiful post, " To Cambodia With Love." The children???s Way to go! s basic needs.

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Why is this Cambodian Orphan Wearing A Creative Commons T-Shirt?

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To learn more about the Sharing Foundation, see this article ) I've been reaching out to all my networks. Nast who writes a placeblog called BlogWindsor and Femilicious at BlogHer this summer. At the time, I was raising money to support the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. raised through the unselfish giving of over 700 people.

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Should You Quantify Love? Redux 2

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I tried to make the point by raising the question, " Can you quantify the intangible ?" I caught up with Jen Lemen's post " To Cambodia With Love " I met Jen at Blogher last summer in a session about Global Women Bloghers. She called her network to action and they responded. " Of course you can't.

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Spamming for Good is the Wrong Description of What Dr. Mani, Roger Carr, Jen Lemens, and Other Good Personal Fundraisers Really Do!

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The image is from Roger Carr who is raising money to support the Arthritis Foundation???s s annual nationwide event, Arthritis Walk, that raises awareness and funds to fight arthritis. Dr. Mani points to some good examples (including Roger) - but also Anne Mitchell who helped raise money for the desperately poor in Tajikistan.

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Gift the Gift of Charity: Make A Contribution to any of these Fabulous Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. I have two favorites: The Sharing Foundation which supports children in Cambodia and Creative Commons.

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Lisa Canter Brings Sharing Foundation Campaign to 50% Mark!

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As of today, contributors have helped me raise $381 towards the $750 goal. Almost two years ago at the first Blogher Conference I was lucky enough to interview and get to know Lisa Canter (we aren't related but I learned a few things about the kanter/canter name from her husband, Marc ). And, we both are parents of two young children.

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Six Steps to Everyday Activism

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That’s why I started interviewing women (and men) for the Big Vision Podcast , and my Solutionary Women series on BlogHer who get up in the morning and have a big vision for a better world as their alarm clock. Social networks like the Omidyar Network can connect you with folks who want to collaborate with you on your vision.