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Why Are Charity Mobile Phone Donation Programs Going Extinct?

Tech Soup

is a nonprofit organization that supports a number of charities including the National Breast Cancer Foundation and the National Wildlife Federation. The shake out in charity mobile phone donating programs might actually be a healthy trend for the environment. They distribute about 1,000 emergency phones a month to those who need them.

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NpTech Summary: Red T-Shirt Day - Supporting Monks, YouTube Nonprofit Channel, and Web2forDev Conference Reports

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. The Mashable write up has a freudian typo and describes the Cancer Society and March of Dimes as "high-profit" organizations.

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Nonprofits and Second Life and Other Games

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The online environment is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of playters simultaneously over the Internet. The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life has announced its" Second Life Relay for Life " event in July (its second time in Second Life).