Geeks Who Give

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Geeks all over the world are proving to be open and caring individuals, and the Philadelphia tech scene is no exception. This compassion reaches beyond such limitations as 140 characters on twitter into real life places like Indy Hall, P’unk Ave, IgnitePhilly, The Hactory, Geekadelphia and various local establishments and businesses. Geeks Who Give seeks to mobilize this community to reach beyond its self contained boundaries, to route that amazingly powerful and positive energy to people and causes that really need it.

The Theory: Open Source Community Giving
Everyone has something to contribute. Long term goals include idea, goods & services, and resource banks from which we can draw as well as coordinating volunteer opportunities on an individual basis and organizing large scale volunteer efforts for continued organization-based support.

The vision is for this to happen organically, for those things which resonate to surface, and those which don’t to naturally recede. Everyone in the community is invited to participate at whatever level they feel most comfortable — from planning & organizing outreach to attending events — to blogging, promoting and evangelizing the cause. We are more than the sum of our parts, and together, we are capable of anything.

We all have something to give. What will you give today?

Community Involvement:
2009 School Supply Drive & Mentor Sign-up for Philadelphia Futures
2008 Food Drive for Philabundance
Co-founder, Co-organizer, Marketing & Communications Manager

STOP SOPA

January 18th, 2012 is the largest online protest in history, aimed at stopping the internet censorship bills, SOPA & PIPA. Find out who is participating and how you can contribute and help spread the word. Occupy the Internet using Facebook, Twitter and other social media with hashtags such as #sopa #sopastrike #stopsopa and others to tell everyone that they messed with the wrong geeks!

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Communication Strategy

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Geeks Who Give: Pics Or It Didn’t Happen

Check out the geekswhogive tag on Flickr for some of the most recent uploads from various Geeks Who Give Events. ...more

G2 Moves to 4/2

Awesome Overload - so we're extending the fun to the following week and holding G2 on 4/2 instead! Join us for G2: Geeks Who Game Night at Tattooed Mom’s on Thursday, April 2, 2009. From board games to card games - we’re planning on having a wide selection; have a favorite? Bring it! Admission: 1 jump drive or 1 package of school appropriate office supplies (pens, notebooks, highlighters, etc). This event will be supporting Philadelphia Futures, a local nonprofit that has been the youth of Philadelphia teens realize their dreams of a higher education for more than 20 years. ...more

Geeks Who Give in City Paper

For its second event, GWG is partnering with Philadelphia Futures, a local nonprofit that provides high school students with adult mentors and academic support. "It's really easy to drink some drinks and do some good," LaFleur says. "And geeks party harder than anyone I know... It could be nuts!" LaFleur says. "The Yahtzee yelling alone could get out of control." ...more

GwG: Philadelphia Futures Game Night

Come out for a good time and help a great cause: Philadelphia Futures! Join us for G2: Geeks Who Game Night at Tattooed Mom’s on Thursday March 26th. ...more

Bibliodiscotheque: Save the Libraries; Save Philadelphia

If EVERYONE in the city gave $10, Philadelphia could save the Libraries; Unfortunately, not everyone gives. What would you give to save the Libraries; to save Philadelphia? This event has been organized by "Concerned Library Workers of Drexel University" a group of civic-minded librarians and library students interested in doing what we can to keep these libraries open as a part of the Save the Libraries campaign. ...more

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