Twitter for good
This post written by Stephanie Fader, Marketing & PR Manager
It’s hard not to notice that Twitter has been all over the place lately. Between Oprah’s first tweet on Friday, April 17 and Ashton reaching one million followers on the same day (soon to be two million?), stories about Twitter are making the mainstream news.
One other celebrity is making news on Twitter. Hugh Jackman, of Wolverine fame, posted a tweet that he will donate AUS $100,000 (approximately US $72,000) to one person’s charity–the person who can best convince him in 140 characters why he should donate to their charity.
When I saw this story I thought I would try to come up with a solid tweet to send Hugh regarding my own favorite charity (we all have one, right?). When I did a search to see what types of tweets Hugh was receiving, I noticed that one had been retweeted quite a few times. Of course I had to click the link to see what was so retweet-worthy.
Here is the original tweet: @RealHughJackman PLEASE donate your $100k to March of Dimes in honor of my baby #Maddie http://tinyurl.com/dnewtk
I held back tears as I read about baby Maddie and looked at her adorable pictures on a blog dedicated to her short life and her family’s quest to raise money so other babies will have more of a chance than Maddie had.
I realize this story isn’t particularly relevant to MyPunchbowl but I know that many of our users are parents and moms, in particular, so I thought this story might touch you like it touched me.
Whether you want to hop on Twitter right now and retweet for Maddie or send Hugh a tweet about your own charity, this might be the thing that finally makes you take the next step to join Twitter.
And while you’re there, say hi to us at @mypunchbowl!
