It’s all happening Friday, September 11
8pm at Horizon SF
On September 11, 2009, Twestival goes “Local”! Participants will gather in over 180 cities all over the world, joining forces to raise money for a charity of their choice.
San Francisco has chosen Operation Smile, who some of you may know as 140Smiles. Real people, real time, real power to make a difference.
Operation Smile is a worldwide children’s medical charity whose network of global volunteers are dedicated to helping improve the health and lives of children and young adults. Since its founding, Operation Smile has treated more than 130,000 children born with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities. The organization currently has a presence in 51 countries. In addition to contributing free medical treatment, Operation Smile trains local medical professionals in its 27 partner countries and leaves behind crucial equipment to lay the groundwork for long-term self-sufficiency.
To purchase your tickets, please visit http://www.amiando.com/twestivalsf09
Location
Horizon Restaurant & Lounge
489 Broadway Street at Kearny
North Beach, San Francisco
The Twestival SF team
@krystyl – San Francisco Coordinator
@bravegirl – San Francisco Assistant
@ianryerson – San Francisco Assistant
@twestivalsf – Official Twestival San Francisco Twitter Account
@operationsmile – Official Operation Smile Twitter Account
If you’d like to be part of the Twestival SF team – and why wouldn’t you? – contact @krystyl: info@twestivalsf.comVisit the global Twestival site
Twestival is an event that is taking place in over 200 cities around the world on September 11. The event is being coordinated by Twitter users. Twitter is a social networking site with a base of over 4.5 million users worldwide. Twestival, the brainchild of a handful of twitter.com users, debuted in London in September, 2008. Intended to be a local networking affair where attendees could meet their contemporaries behind twitter avatars while also doing its bit for charity, it has evolved into much more.
A synchronized, global social media event of this scale is revolutionary. Thought-leaders in social media are already spreading the word virally. Twestival has garnered support from thousands of social media-savvy individuals and companies across the world to raise funds for CharityWater.org, getting word out through blogging, vlogging, Digging, tweeting and other online tools.
