Haiti Relief By The Tweet

The relief effort for Haiti is growing by tweets and bounds as social media takes fund-raising efforts to new levels. Twitter and Facebook helped the Red Cross raise more than $8 million as of today through their SMS campaign. “We never raised this much money with a mobile campaign,” said spokeswoman Carrie Housman, “especially $10 at a time.”

With hourly updates, many find it difficult to keep track of all the ways to support Haiti’s quake disaster.

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