Spring Break
Got A Cause? Get One On Facebook And Give Back
Lindsay Fetzner
Issue date: 1/28/08 Section: News
What started merely as a social networking system has rapidly transformed into a hub of people communicating based on similar interests and a way to meet new people. This system, better known as Facebook, has recently added a new application called the Causes Giving Challenge.
The goal of the challenge is to raise money for American and Canadian charities. Facebook members are invited to create a cause, recruit their friends to join and eventually raise money that is later donated to that cause, according to the Causes Web site on Facebook.
Using Facebook as its home, Causes is giving people an opportunity to donate using a networking system that they utilize on a regular basis. The simplicity of the application has attracted many people to get involved and make others join them on the road to changing the world, one donation at a time.
"I became involved because I knew that it meant a lot to the people who invited me to join their cause," said Lisa McCoun, a 6th-semester business management major. "People are affected by certain causes in their own unique way and this is just one of the ways that people can help give back," she said.
Every 24 hours, $1,000 is awarded to the cause with the most donors. The recipients of the award are posted on the Causes homepage. There is also a $50,000 award for the first-place cause, a $25,000 award for the second and third place causes and a $10,000 award for the 10 causes next in line. The winner of the $50,000 award will be announced on Feb. 1 on the Web site. Also listed on the website are the top donators of the day, as well as the top leaders for the past 50 days.
Tibetan Freedom Movement, which works with Tibetan people in their struggle for freedom and independence, currently has 705 donors and is the current leader in line for the $50,000 award. Second in line is Love Without Boundaries Foundation, an organization that provides assistance to orphaned children in China, with 650 donors.
The goal of the challenge is to raise money for American and Canadian charities. Facebook members are invited to create a cause, recruit their friends to join and eventually raise money that is later donated to that cause, according to the Causes Web site on Facebook.
Using Facebook as its home, Causes is giving people an opportunity to donate using a networking system that they utilize on a regular basis. The simplicity of the application has attracted many people to get involved and make others join them on the road to changing the world, one donation at a time.
"I became involved because I knew that it meant a lot to the people who invited me to join their cause," said Lisa McCoun, a 6th-semester business management major. "People are affected by certain causes in their own unique way and this is just one of the ways that people can help give back," she said.
Every 24 hours, $1,000 is awarded to the cause with the most donors. The recipients of the award are posted on the Causes homepage. There is also a $50,000 award for the first-place cause, a $25,000 award for the second and third place causes and a $10,000 award for the 10 causes next in line. The winner of the $50,000 award will be announced on Feb. 1 on the Web site. Also listed on the website are the top donators of the day, as well as the top leaders for the past 50 days.
Tibetan Freedom Movement, which works with Tibetan people in their struggle for freedom and independence, currently has 705 donors and is the current leader in line for the $50,000 award. Second in line is Love Without Boundaries Foundation, an organization that provides assistance to orphaned children in China, with 650 donors.
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