#HoHoTO

In 2008, 13 people connected on twitter and inspired a community to come together in 13 days and raise over $10,000 for the Daily Bread Food Bank.  We called it HoHoTO and we had a kick-ass party for over 600 in the process.

But we couldn’t stop there, over 5 years the HoHoTO community – partiers, bidders, sponsors, volunteers, organisers and founders alike have enjoyed 6 parties (yes 6… don’t forget the oddly timed and sweaty hoHOTo summer event), 3 Hangover Auctions, countless photobooth poses and many high-fives over the almost $285,000 raised for Daily Bread to help our hungry neighbours and our community as a whole.

Rob Hyndman — “#HoHoTo was like a flash mob of generosity – over the years, thousands of people from our community came together spontaneously to support the Daily Bread, and to celebrate the season together.  It was a marvellous demonstration of what your community can do when it’s determined to help out.”

If you ever doubt that social media has made a positive difference in the world, or if you can make that difference, read a bit about what we did in these posts, and even in some of the books that mention us.

We encourage anyone and everyone to think of a way to blow HoHoTO out of the water and make a difference in any small or HUGE way you can think of.