Every once in a while, a visionary comes along and changes the way we live our lives. Yesterday, we lost one such visionary to pancreatic cancer — Steve Jobs.
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IHadCancer.com Goes Live!
The Squeaky staff has been hard at work preparing for the launch of I Had Cancer and that day is finally here. If you didn’t already know, I Had Cancer is a revolutionary, peer-to-peer social support network that is focused on helping those affected by cancer. Whether you’re a fighter, a survivor or a supporter of someone affected by cancer, I Had Cancer provides a platform to find information and connect with others.
As a boutique interactive agency full of driven individuals, Squeaky incubates in-house projects such as I Had Cancer as a way to utilize and improve our coding, design, branding and business skills. Still faithfully devoted to our client work, the in-house projects have separate resources assigned to them in addition to the staff’s help.
Have you got a story to share? If so, yours could help someone in need, so head over to IHadCancer.com and sign up. While you’re there, don’t forget to share with any friends and family who may also be interested because every person touched by cancer has a story, and I Had Cancer is the place where these experiences are shared.
Social Good Through Social Media
Many of us don’t realize how lucky we are to be healthy and to be able to put food on the table for our families. That’s why we are always glad to see businesses contributing to charitable organizations…especially on the web. Nowadays companies are taking to sites like YouTube and social networks like Facebook, to accomplish this goal. What better way to reach 500 million people? (Thanks Zuck!) The following are a few we found particularly intriguing:
Most recently YouTube has partnered with various charities in order to help them gain exposure and funding (www.youtube.com/give). The best part is you can contribute just by watching their videos. 60% of the ad revenue will go to their respective charities and users can also donate directly as there are links provided on the site as well. So share this with your friends and help those in need, one video at a time.
In Q4 of 2010, McDonald’s held a charity promotion where $1 would be donated to Ronald McDonald House Charities each time someone checked in using Facebook Places (up to $50,000). McDonald’s has always done well with fund raising for their charities and it makes us smile to see that they’ve taken to the web to continue their endeavors in the digital realm.
ESPN typically raises money for the V Foundation for Cancer Research. You can donate right through their Facebook tab or follow the link and donate directly through the V Foundation site.
Lastly, Revlon (Squeaky client) also has a Facebook tab dedicated to their charitable activities. Right now, by purchasing their Super Lustrous Lipstick through drugstore.com, 10% of all proceeds go to fight women’s cancer. They also continue to raise money for cancer with upcoming events like the Revlon Walk/Run for Women in April 2011.
