Twestival

Ok, so I was tweeting away earlier today and saw the coolest use of Twitter.  It's called a Twestival.  I didn't have any idea that anything like this existed.  Basically it's a way for charities or individuals raising money to give back.

Here's what the site had to say...

"Twestival® (or Twitter Festival) uses social media for social good by connecting communities offline on a single day to highlight a great cause and have a fun event. Twestival is the largest global grassroots social media fundraising initiative to date. Since 2009, volunteers have raised close to $1.2 million for 137 nonprofits. All local events are organized 100% by volunteers and 100% of all ticket sales and donations go direct to projects. 

Twestival was born out of the idea that if cities were able to collaborate on an international scale, but work from a local level, it could have a spectacular impact. Over 200 international cities from Buenos Aires to Bangalore, Seattle to Seoul and Hong Kong to Honolulu have participated in Twestival."  

Check it out!  

http://www.twestival.com/info.html