Telethons Are Back and Anyone Can Hold One

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Jerry Lewis Not Required


This Sunday I joined my kids in the family room to hang out and watch TV. With this family, you never know what’s going to be on. It could be anime, YouTube videos or week-long cancer telethons.


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This Mashup Connects Donors to Charities So They Can Give Faster and More Transparently

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Austin-based 121Giving uses its ecommerce and crowdfunding platform to help charities get the goods they need to do good. Partnering with brands lets 121Giving sell its inventory of furniture, medical equipment, food, and more to charities at discount. Charities use the platform to crowdfund those purchases. Donors can see what charities spend donations on, and brands can incorporate philanthropy into their supply chains.

Charities like St. Vincent De Paul121 use 121Giving to purchase supplies for disaster relief.

121Giving launched at SXSW in March 2015.
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