Latinos and Social Media » fundraiser http://louispagan.com The Blog Of Louis Pagan Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:03:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 LATISMTOYDRIVE – One Heck Of A Success http://louispagan.com/latismtoydrive-one-heck-of-a-success/ http://louispagan.com/latismtoydrive-one-heck-of-a-success/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:39:10 +0000 Louis Pagan http://louispagan.com/?p=1093 Read more...]]>
“Part of LATISM’s long-term vision is to give back. The fact that our first Toy Drive and Fundraiser is aimed to benefit both children in Latin America and at home is yet another innovative example of how LATISM is using new media to benefit our community at large,” said Louis Pagan, Co-founder of LATISM.

For the second part of LATISM’s 3 Kings Day event, the networked reached 109% of a $1,000 goal.  LATISM pulled together through it’s organic network and talent along w/  BeingLatino to raise funds for UNICEF to distribute funds to Latin American children. The majority of the event happened online via a ‘TwitterParty’ in the span of 2 hours. v

The event still continues until the 4th, so if you want to still contribute you can do so by following the link.

To follow the event as it transpired, search the hashtag #latismtoydrive on twitter.

A huge thank you to @ergeekgoddess, @lancerios and all those who made it happen.

UPDATE 01/06/10 20:54 : The drive ended @ $1,362.  That’s a great stride given the small window of time we were working with.

]]> http://louispagan.com/latismtoydrive-one-heck-of-a-success/feed/ 10 All About LATISM And Being Latino Toy Drive & Fund http://louispagan.com/all-about-latism-toy-drive-fund/ http://louispagan.com/all-about-latism-toy-drive-fund/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:57:20 +0000 Louis Pagan http://louispagan.com/?p=1014 Read more...]]> Another huge project I am working on:

Latinos in Social Media and Being Latino presents:

Our 1ST ANNUAL THREE-KINGS DAY ONLINE TOY DRIVE & FUNDRAISER to benefit The Children’s Aid Society’s Latino Outreach Initiative
[http://www.childrensaidsociety.org] and the United Nations Children’s
Fund [UNICEF] [UNICEF: http://www.unicef.org/]

January 6th, the traditional day for gift-giving in Latin American tradition, to bring joy to disadvantaged Latino children in the US and Latin America.

The Toy Drive & Fundraiser will have two levels:

1st Level: Thanks to generous donations from our sponsors Time To Play,
Ingenio and Discovery Toys we will be donating new unwrapped bilingual Educational toys to the Latino Outreach Center of the Children’s Aid Society, located in Washington Heights, New York City. The toys will be distributed to poor Latino children in the area.

2nd Level: We will be collecting donations from our growing online
networks. This monetary donation will benefit UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and be distributed through UNICEF to centers aiding disadvantaged children in Latin America.

LAUNCH DETAILS:
• WHAT: Live Twitter Party
• WHEN: December 30th 2009, 8pm – 10pm EST
• WHERE: Twitter (use hashtag #latismtoydrive or enter latismtoydrive in
TweetChat.com – you must have a Twitter account).

HOW YOU CAN HELP:
• Donate ONLINE through our Chipin/PayPal account (http://bit.ly/7B8yL0).
Donations accepted until January 3rd, 2010. Donations accepted until January 3rd, 2010.

• Make a toy donation by sending new, unwrapped toys to: The Children’s
Aid Society -105 East 22nd St. Please use codename: LATISMTOYDRIVE. Toy donations will be accepted until January 4th, 2010.

• Follow and Retweet our Toy Drive message using #latismtoydrive on Twitter

• Write about it on your blog

• Post up toydrive widgets on your blog (http://bit.ly/5urQXF) and social networks.

All Toy Drive, Donations totals and ceremony pictures will be posted on
our Latism.org and Being Latinos website on January 6, 2010.

We thanks our sponsors Time To Play, Ingenio and Discovery Toys for
their generous toy donations, and our social media community for their
support!!

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