by Michelle Lentz

You can donate your tweets. Or rather, tweet for a cause?

CARE, a global humanitarian organization that aims to fight poverty and empower marginalized women and girls in the world’s poorest countries, is sponsoring a Tweet-a-thon from March 2 – 5.  Twitter users who donate their tweet on those days will secure a 10-cent donation from NCM Fathom for up to 50,000 tweets in support of CARE. The Tweet-a-thon will help promote International Women’s Day and spread the word about the acclaimed Sheila C. Johnson documentary A Powerful Noise Live,  to be broadcast in 450 movie theatres nationwide on March 5.

“NCM Fathom is proud to support CARE with this first-ever Tweet-a-thon,” said Dan Diamond, vice president of NCM Fathom. “We’re excited to bring Twitter users the opportunity to raise funds for CARE simply by Tweeting a specific phrase with no personal donation required. We hope Twitter users actively participate during this campaign to help support girls and women around the world.”

Each donated tweet must include the hash tag #apowerfulnoise to generate the donation. Twitter users are encouraged to craft their own Tweet or use one of the following examples:

• “I support empowerment of women worldwide with this tweet. Each tweet raises 10 cents for CARE. #apowerfulnoise http://shortn.it/tweet-a-thon”
• “First time you can raise money for worthy cause by sending a tweet. Help CARE support women globally: #apowerfulnoise. http://shortn.it/tweet-a-thon“

You can also “donate” your avatar and replace it with an image of the red female sign, available on the Tweet-a-thon web site.

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