Today marks the start of Twestival Local. Twitter users and their friends will use the next 4 days to hold fundraising events, raise awareness of local charities and do small community projects. If you’ve never gotten the point of Twitter, this is a great chance to see how it can be used as a force for good!

And you can participate even if you’re not a Twitter user! (people who post updates on their lives, or links of interest to others, but only 140 characters at a time)

Things you can do:

• See if there’s a Twestival event happening in your city and go support it. You don’t have to be on Twitter to attend!
• Make a donation to your city’s cause, or if there’s no event in your city, adopt one!
• Follow everyone’s Twitter reports and see what people are up to all over the world.
• If you have a Twitter account, you can retweet information to your followers. #twestival is the subject hashtag
• Offer a suggestion for or take part in one of the small-scale Twestival Projects (you can see what other people are up to by watching hashtag #twestivalgood

This is only the first year of the project, so I’m impressed at how much is happening this year, and can’t wait to see it grow as the years go on!

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