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The power of social media for Hurricane Sandy

ASU Lodestar Center

However, when I had the unique opportunity to work with a local company on marketing a charity event; it was an enjoyable yet different experience. Any donations that were dropped off at A Family Storage would then be moved in a Cool Box container up to Hurricane Sandy relief centers. Facebook allowed us.

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Changing the World One Gift at a Time: An Interview with Deron Beal of the Freecycle Network

Have Fun - Do Good

It enables people to find others in their local community to give things to that they would otherwise end up throwing away or taking to the landfill. I sent out one email to 30 or 40 friends and a handful of local nonprofits announcing the start of this Yahoo group. We've been around for about four years now. I'll call it Freecycle."