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Domino’s Teams with St. Jude for 8th Annual Thanks and Giving Campaign

Domino’s Pizza is teaming up with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to raise money for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families with the Domino’s Thanks and Giving Campaign. Beginning on November 12th, customers can order the St. Jude Thanks and Giving Combo from Domino’s (either in-store, over the phone, or online), which includes a [...]

Tech President on Occupy SMS: How Text Messaging Can Help in Disaster Relief

TechPresident has a great piece about the OccupySMS campaign, which uses text messaging to connect people in need after Hurricane Sandy with people who have the resources to help. The article discusses how, like many of the best ideas, Occupy SMS was built to fill a need: “It started with our actual experience in the [...]

Crain’s Features Mobile Commons on The Election and Sandy

Crain’s New York has a great feature on how Hurricane Sandy and the election gave Mobile Commons our biggest week ever. In an article entitled, “Text-messaging firm gets busy,” Crain’s describes how the concurrent events created a variety of vital public needs: The four-year-old Dumbo-based tech company, which runs text-messaging campaigns for businesses, nonprofits and [...]

Brooklyn Recovery Fund Turns a Nets Game into a Chance to Support Sandy Victims

The Brooklyn Recovery Fund is using a new text campaign to turn mobile donations into a mobilized community in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The program is using text message donations from all over the country to support Brooklyn nonprofits that are working in the area to help those whose lives have been upended by [...]

Help Your Loved Ones Unite 2 Quit as part of the Great American Smokeout

Today marks the 37th Great American Smokeout, a day when cancer prevention institutes encourage smokers to quit, or to make plans to quit, even if just for a single day. As part of that effort, the National Cancer Institute is asking smokers and their loved ones to “Unite 2 Quit”. Tens of millions of smokers nationwide want to [...]

American Journal of Public Health Shows How Mobile Health Campaigns Can Reach Underserved Populations

An article in the American Journal of Public Health documents how mobile health campaigns can reach undeserved populations with vital healthcare information. The article chronicles the development and execution of Text4Baby, a text initiative that provides pregnant and new mothers with nutrition and care information to help the development and birth of their children. In [...]

Occupy SMS Connects Families in Need with On-the-Ground Volunteers

One of the most inspiring sites following Sandy’s devastation has been the thousands of people volunteering in the cleanup. In the wake of the storm’s destruction, New Yorkers are coming together to help their communities recover. But there’s still a lot more work to be done. And it can be a challenge to match volunteers [...]

The New York Times Features Text Messaging in “New Tools for Disaster Aid”

When Hurricane Sandy arrived two weeks ago, city officials turned to text messaging as a means to deliver crucial information in a time of emergency. In today’s App City column in The New York Times, Mobile Commons’ text messaging solution was mentioned as a key tool used during this time of crisis. As the crisis unfolded, it became [...]

New York Daily News Features Our “Mobile Might” Working on Obama Campaign and Sandy Response

The New York Daily News today features how Mobile Commons helped the Obama campaign win the election, and assisted New York and New Jersey in keeping citizens informed about where they could vote in the aftermath of Sandy. In an article entitled “Mobile might: Sandy’s wrath no match for B’klyn tech firm on election day,” [...]

Obama Campaign, Governor Christie and Mayor Bloomberg Get Their Message to the Right People, when it Matters Most

When it’s vitally important that their message gets heard, major national institutions turn to Mobile Commons. Over the past week, our country has seen two historic events – the Northeast being battered by the Atlantic’s largest storm in history, and Obama’s reelection as president of the United States. For both the Obama reelection team, and [...]

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