Warmheads - How Skype, Twitter and Facebook Helped Us Help The Homeless
A Story of Social Media and Social Responsibility
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I love a good Social Media story, in which people connect, and inspire for the greater good. This blog post is one of those stories.
One day while on Twitter, my friend Felica Fett was tweeting about knitting hats for the homeless. I said I would help. My thought was to help knit some hat and spread the word. I didn't know how to knit hats, but we'll get to that part later.
She created the hashtag #warmheads and tweeted one or two tweets. I retweeted. Pretty soon, a few other people helped to spread the word. (Now is about the time I figured I better learn how to knit). Felicia and I got on Skype and she showed me how to knit on a round loom. I had my first had done the next day.
I knew if I could learn to knit in 5 minutes on Skype, that I could probably get a few more people to help. I put a post on Facebook and in two days received a bag full of brand new knit hats and scarves donated to the project. Felicia had a blog set up and Warm Heads was officially in business.
We've since gotten people in other countries to join in and help. We're delivering our first batch of hats and scarves via my daughter who's going to volunteer at a homeless shelter this week. We still need help and lots more hearts and hands to make WarmHeads a success. I hope you'll spread the word!
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Posted on Monday, Jan 25, 2010
