As many of you know, I am one of the founders of HoHoTO - “the party that twitter built”. It’s for geeks, phreaks, webheads, twitterfiends, techies, media, marketing, and PR types and all their friends. And everyone else! DJ’s, interactive media, and loads of holiday cheer, all for a great cause! So far we've raised $225,000. What can we do in year 5? Help make the world suck a little less.
Have I told you about the little thing I do called HoHoTO? Some people call it “the party twitter built”. Some people call it “a kick-ass party” Some people call it “Me and 600+ of my closest friends” Some people call it “a remarkable examples of a hyper-connected social media movement using the power of self-organizing online groups to make a real world difference.” Techvibes called it “social networking for a cause” Queen Rania of Jordan cited it as an example of online activism making an offline difference Daily Bread calls it their 3rd highest “3rd Party Fundraising event” I…
So… I’ve had my coffee… (unfortunately not the kick-ass coffee I won in the raffle gift basket from RocketFuelCoffee.com because my grinder is broken…) but I digress. I’ve had my coffee. My 10am call is actually 10am Vancouver time (yay!) and now I can take a moment or two to SHOW you what HoHoTO was like. Unfortunately not my photos since my camera stayed in the bag all night while I wrangled Raffle Prizes. My Raffle Booth Babes! The most effective raffle wranglers, working like clockwork together to do 2-4 prize draws every 10 minutes from 8pm-10:30pm. AND hand out…
Wow! Seriously, WOW! I’m sore, tired, hoarse. My feet ache, my head aches, my back aches, and I’m overflowing with happiness! Last night, we raised over $48,000 for the Daily Bread Food Bank at HoHoTO! $48,424! We raised it with ticket sales and sponsors. We raised it with raffles and photos. We raised it with twitter auctions for tickets that had already been sold. We raised it with the most amazing community of people! So thank you Toronto for giving this girl a Love Hangover. I’m honoured and delighted to be a part of this community who sees a need…
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