How Facebook Helped Raise Needed Funds to Support Educational Programs in Cash-Strapped California

Sometimes it’s hard for organizations to understand how social networking can help them advance a cause or impact them financially. Here’s a great example of a group of concerned citizens getting together and raising over $463,000 in 8 weeks to help improve their local schools. It demonstrates the power of social networking at its best. Considering the cuts in services that Connecticut is seeing due to our budget crisis, this is a wonderful illustration of how social networking tools can be used in real tangible ways to effect change.

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