A great holiday story
“It started snowing so we decided to stay in and then there was the suggestion we should do a tweetup with a cause,” said De La Pena. “Janice came up with the name Vancouver TweetupHeatup and within five minutes all sorts of people started getting involved.”
A few people promised to dig out a couple of warm sweaters and meet downtown at Cambie and East Pender but by mid-afternoon Sunday, people were hauling in garbage bags full of warm clothes.
“Everyone was going to bring a sweater or two and then they came with a lot of clothes,” said De La Pena. “It was awesome.
“We didn’t expect this turnout at all. The power of Twitter and social media is so impressive — you can reach out to people you don’t even know and do amazing things.”
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