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November 26, 2009 Happy TweetsGivingPosted: 12:19 PM ET
[cnn-photo-caption image=http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/11/26/c1main.tweetsgiving.jpg caption=""] Participants are encouraged to share what they are grateful for – and donate money, of course - through Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, and of course, 2009’s new media darling, Twitter. The project is the brainchild of a U.S. nonprofit called Epic Change. Last November, Epic Change’s efforts raised $11,000 in 48 hours through hundreds of small donations, which the organization used to help build a classroom at the Tanzania school. Epic Change dubbed the students the “Twitter kids of Tanzania” and encouraged users to send tweets to them via their #Twitterkids blog. This year, Epic Change had hoped to raise $100,000 by midday Thanksgiving to build the school a dormitory, library, cafeteria and more classrooms. As of Thursday at 11 a.m. ET, however, the effort had raised only about $26,000 – a possible victim of the worldwide recession. If you still want to donate, however, it's not too late. Posted by: Brandon Griggs, CNN.com Tech section producer
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