Know a charity that needs $72,000? Tweet Hugh Jackman
posted at 12:46 am on April 20, 2009 by Repurblican
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Very cool stuff, especially following Jackman’s recent work for the Help for Heroes Campaign, a UK-based charity for wounded vets. As reported and confirmed by Mashable:
Many of us have grown a little weary of celebrity Twitter stories this past week, but there’s one news item that Twitter charities should be aware of: on April 14, Australian actor/producer Hugh Jackman pledged to give AUS $100,000 to charity via Twitter. At current conversion rates, that works out at around $72,000 US.
The charity will be selected by Twitter pitches – send a tweet to @realhughjackman explaining why your chosen charity is the best. We’ve found no official deadline for the contest, but Jackman has hinted on Twitter that he may make the announcement on Friday, April 24 on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show. (Update: We just got confirmation of this on Ryan Seacrest’s Twitter account.)
Who would you want him to give the money to? You have 140 characters to make your case.
Video of Jackman’s HFH rappel is below.
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