#charitytuesday

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Tuesday is Charity Day on Twitter!

The #charitytuesday tag is a way to find charities who tweet and was started by John Carnell and others to help Charity organisations (and their supporters) raise awareness for their cause.

Here's a selection of the tweets from this week:

@Lamplightdb @Th3MissingLink add the #charitytuesday tag to get your message out to a wider twitter audience (on tuesdays!). See @JohnCarnell @bullyinguk

@chickensrule We collect eggs during our Atlanta Pet Chicken Meetup meetings and donate them to a food bank. Get your friends on board! #charitytuesday

@mmgalvan21 Help 4 hurting Chicago (land) teens at http://www.houseofhopeillinois.org #charitytuesday

@ssigafoos #charitytuesday be sure to check out @LIfeRollsOn - an advocate of young people whose lives have been affected by spinal cord injury.

@RizzoTees RT @dlayphoto: @RizzoTees Can u help? #Eric needs a new heart. Please spread the word. http://weloveeric.com #fryretweet #charitytuesday

@AnnetteSzczepan CANCER IS HARD! WALKING IS NOT! PLEASE RETWEET! http://tiny.cc/aHJ0E #charitytuesday

@louisekearney RT @mealexchange: 7% of goal - Grocery Cart Challenge - $28 will provide 34 meals. Please donate and RT #charitytuesday http://bit.ly/OGIMJ

@bullyinguk Ty so much RT @charityshops: http://bit.ly/jxCLa #charitytuesday officially takes off - well done to everyone for making it such a success!

Don't forget to join in the fun next week!

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