I hope you all had the chance to tune in and watch the incredible telethon Stand Up To Cancer broadcast on Friday. Celebrities such as Jennifer Aniston, Jack Black, Keanu Reeves and Halle Barry were in attendance, as well as both Presidential nominees, Barack Obama and John McCain. There was not a dry eye in the house as the one-hour event told the heartbreaking story of those of us affected by cancer. As a result of the telethon in conjunction with other efforts to spread awareness, SU2C has officially raised an amazing $100 million since the campaign began in May!!
You should all be proud, because SocialVibe was a part of that! Without a single one of you having to donate a penny of your own money, we collectively raised over $3,700 for Stand Up 2 Cancer through over 8,000 members choosing them as their cause.
Here is the pink ball at the SU2C telethon!!
We also raised an additional $1,000 as a result of our Stand Up To Cancer Blog Off! What's that you say?? Well, for the past month, WhateverLife.com, TheTorqueReport.com and Ecorazzi.com have been in a battle to see who can raise the most money for Stand Up To Cancer through a special SocialVibe badge on their homepages. Big CONGRATULATIONS are in order for our winner Ashley Qualls, of WhateverLife.com!
Huge thanks to other supporters of our Blog-Off, MaxGladwell.com, Idealist.org, sustainablog.org, Glamour.com, and SocialMediaClub.org.
You may also recall a little thing we like to call the SocialVibe Member of the Month. For our August MOM contest, we asked you guys to answer a question...
“With innovative research on our side, what if we were able to provide patients with better, aggressive, all around more effective treatments? Tell us how it would change the life of someone you know.”
The submissions we received were extremely moving - it took a LOT of thinking to try and choose just one winner! But after much consideration, we found our new Member of the Month, and that person is...
Pauluhhhh!
The photograph she sent in, named Sunset of Strength, was immediately one of our favorites. Here is what she had to say about it:
I couldn't just choose one or two people I know with cancer. Cancer in inevitable. It's all around us, and we don't know it. I HAD to do a BIG picture of what cancer is to me, and how STRONG people have to be in order to deal with cancer.
I chose a sunset because it represents the strength of not only people I know with cancer, but everyone [INCLUDING their families] who have survived cancer. It also is a blessing of being able to live another
day.
The pictures I used in the mosaic are my family & friends that has, had & died of cancer. I added yellow daffodils, the symbol of HOPE & famous people I idolize who have survived cancer.
Congratulations to Pauluhhhh, who won a SocialVibe Swag Basket (to include a sweatshirt, backpack, water bottle, slap bracelet, pen/highlighter), 3,000 SocialVibe Points, a Flip camera, and a one (1) year 2-at-a-time Unlimited subscription to Netflix.
You are all amazing, and we are so proud to have members that are so passionate about the causes they support on SocialVibe. Keep up the good work guys, we ARE making a difference!!
-SocialVibe
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