Friday, August 01, 2003

Bloggers plan round-the-clock charity drive Online personal publishing technology used to raise funds
By Stacy Cowley, IDG News Service July 24, 2003 http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/07/24/HNblogcharity_1.html
This article talks about how blogging was used for charitable fundraising. I am also including the url for the actual event that raised over $100,000 for good causes. http://www.blogathon.org/ You can see how the event grew from its 2001 inception with about 100 participants to over 400 participants in its third iteration. Many interesting sites were updated for the benefit of charities and bloggers. Marathon blogging.