Hello All!
Hope you are enjoying your winter break and doing some volunteering too!
As social media has developed into widespread communication over the past couple of years, these sites have woven donations into a social mainstream way of giving. Through applications on Facebook, formed-websites specific to donating to a non-profit, and accessible buttons for individuals to click on so that they may do a one time donation to a cause or organization.
When I search for content to write for these blogs, I search for things that are of popular interest to the college student who is interested in volunteering. I try to not overload a person on too much social change content, that I would have interest in, but is boring to the "average" college student.
Social media has evolved into a array of individual opinions as well as a new form of communicating via writing on a wall and personal messaging. These tools can sometimes be used in a non-effective way to instantaneously share something that you may regret in the future.
Although I may fall into a haze with Facebook at times, I do admit, I keep going onto this networking site because I feel like it makes it easy to learn about giving and social change.
An example of this, is the application Willie's Sweet Shop. This application created by Facebook, has grown its popularity because of the combination of using a product and giving profits to a organization. This creates what is called social entrepreneurship, which is a intention that a business has to socially give while creating a business plan.
This easy way to access forms of giving makes it accessible for students, like you and I, to be able to give to something we feel passionate about or find volunteer opportunities via social media.
Thanks for reading!
Rachelle
Media/Events Assistant
Center for Urban Connections
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