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The Mobile Giving Foundation called it a record for funds raised for a single cause. Donations are canada goose black friday sale rising swiftly, it said, as former President Bill Clinton and other politicians urge the American people to give.
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The donation is charged to a user cellphone bill.
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Wireless carriers Verizon Wireless, AT Inc, Sprint and T Mobile USA, a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG, have waived fees for customers wishing canada goose uk shop to send mobile donations. Carriers are also letting users know they are not taking a cut of the Canada Goose Jackets donations.
are no text messaging fees and 100 percent of the $10 donation goes to the American Red Cross, Verizon said in a statement.
Manis said Mobile Giving is working with wireless carriers to decrease the lag time between when a cellphone user makes a donation and when the funds arrive at a charity. Donations canada goose uk black friday can take 90 days to be delivered to a charity.
carrier is working through a solution to push those funds out faster, Manis said.
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have donated $1 million from their foundation to Doctors Without Borders, which has been tending to victims of the quake.
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Additional reporting by Christine Kearney and Sinead Carew in New canada goose factory sale York; editing by Mohammad Zargham.