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May
27
5/27/2009 7:56 AM
 All the votes are tallied, and the results are in: the Red Cross won 26 percent of the vote in the Target “Bullseye Gives” Facebook campaign! That means thanks to your more than 75,000 votes, the Red Cross will get $793,942. It was amazing to see how just through a viral e-mail campaign, the Red Cross was able to rally such amazing support from volunteers, donors, staff members and their friends. Facebook really is the new "word of mouth," isn't it?
Of course, the money raised will help change lives around the country (and the world!). Here are just a few of the ways the Red Cross and its volunteers provide help:
Every 24 hours…
- Red Cross volunteers help 200 families who lost everything in a house fire or other disaster
- The Red Cross connects deployed service members with their families 475 times
- 19,000 people outside the United States receive urgent care from the Red Cross following a disaster
- 21,000 people receive a blood transfusion from a Red Cross donor
- 43,000 people receive life-saving Red Cross health, safety and preparedness training
- 290,000 children receive a measles vaccination from the Red Cross and its partners
Our thanks to Target for making donating to charitable organizations so much fun!
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