Not only are people using social media for business
purposes, as a means of communication, and as a way to remain social/express
themselves, but many people have taken advantage of social media as a quick
means of communication to raise funds for various causes. Certain sites are
geared specifically at raising money. Some of these sites are merely an
existing platform to allow you to communicate your cause and pull funds in in a
way that people can feel secure about donating money, while some provide that
platform, but keep a percentage of the funds donated as a profit, and others
allow you to create your own website to raise money. People have been able to
raise generous amounts of money using these sites. I know a family who turned
to the popular GoFundMe.com to try and raise $10,000 for the medical bills of
one member of the family, and once the story began to spread (it was even
featured on the local news), so many people donated that the family exceeded
their goal by more than $30,000. Their grand total was just over $40,000! It’s
truly incredible if you ask me. Some of the sites that people are using for
crowdfunding/fundraising are:
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