Just a note to let you know that our Donation Widget is temporarily disabled. We are making some web site changes as we transition into being an independent nonprofit organization. Exciting things are happening but they’re not quite ready to announce yet — we’ll be updating you soon. In the meantime, here are some suggestions [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Please join Jonny’s Par-tay on Wednesday night, when Susan Reynolds and Connie Reece will join host Jonny Goldstein for a video conversation. They will be talking about the Frozen Pea Fund and how online connections can become a vibrant community. Check out the show info and find out how you can be part of the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 21, 2008
Have you added your name to our Frappr map as one of the PEAple who will not appease cancer? The map shows support for the Frozen Pea Fund across America and around the world. Click the map to add your name.
Continue reading...Thursday, January 17, 2008
Children reach out and grab us, as Shashi‘s (@shashib) son does here in his plea for donations for the Frozen Pea Fund. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IimOFfgvLE[/youtube] Please take a few minutes, click on the Donate button in the sidebar and donate the price of a couple of bags of frozen peas to the American Cancer Society. That can, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 16, 2008
The buzz about the Frozen Pea Fund continues in the blogosphere, and jumped into the mainstream press with a recent article in the Washington Post. The fund is also being considered as a case study in social media marketing and community-driven fund-raising. The story resonates with young PR practitioners because of its reliance on online [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 11, 2008
Ann (aka @annohio) made this video divulging her plan for getting donations to the Frozen Pea Fund. What evil scheme did she come up with? Go ahead and press Play … if you dare. [video]http://seesmic.com/Standalone.swf?video=9hN0TA3v0O[/video] After you’ve stopped laughing, support breast cancer research by making a donation equal to the price of a couple of [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 27, 2007
A recent Social Media Breakfast in Miami showed that Social Networking Addiction is not always a bad thing … when it’s for a good cause like fighting breast cancer: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rmPE55o1TY[/youtube] Many thanks to Jeffrey Sass (@sass) for this video and for his outstanding work with the premiere social networking rehab center, Invitations.
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 26, 2007
We created a new page for the site — Who’s Talking About Peas. The new page aggregates all the links to blogs and podcasts that have talked about the Frozen Pea Fun. Special thanks to Marcel Lebrun (@Lebrun) of Radian 6 for providing social media monitoring services. As of the initial report on 12-24-07, some [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 22, 2007
Here are some stats on the first official Frozen Pea Friday: 1. Susan’s 2 surgeries (mastectomy and reconstruction) went well and report on lymph nodes came back negative, an encouraging sign. She’s resting well in a private room (finally!) and it’s possible she may be released on Saturday. 2. In the first 15 hours after [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 20, 2007
All contributions to the Frozen Pea Fund until October 2008 will go to Making Strides, the breast cancer campaign of the American Cancer Society. The Society has invested more in breast cancer research grants over time than any other voluntary public health organization – $322.7 million since 1972! And it was the American Cancer Society [...]
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Friday, March 14, 2008
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