Do you think Social media can save individuals’ life? Yes, it does! According to Mark’s blog, Mark, who was on the twitter on the right time, helped Homeless service centre to get the generator after Hurricane sandy. Each person, each tweet and retweet contributed to avoiding a serious crisis in Homeless centre. This example definitely related to the my awesome 5days for homeless campaign.
For the past 5 days, I participated in the campaign called “ 5 days for homeless” which tries to raise the awareness of youth homeless issue on campus by experiencing a superficial level of homeless life. From the campaign, we were luckily enough to raise more than $2000 for the youth direction service( homeless help organization). This campaign allowed me not only to experience how strong the ubc community is, but also to realize the power of social media. During and before the campaign, participants and executive teams of the campaign promoted the campaign through facebook, twitter and blogs. Especially, facebook, that many university students uses on daily base, was a great tool to spread the word of what we are doing. By posting pictures, putting the links of all the participants’ blogs, and 5 days for homeless link, many students began to acknowledge about the campaign and even few people came by our basecamp( In front of UBC bookstore) with the food and fruits. Making class presentations in each classes and demonstrating the campaign in front of UBC bookstore where many students drop by were a great way to do the campaign. However, I believe the social media, that we used, played the most significant role for the success of this campaign. If we did not utilize the social media, not as many as people know that I was sleeping outside of bookstore for youth homeless. They might think, I AM CRAZY:P
As Mark said in his blog, There is a real power in a connected network! and if we utilize it correctly and sincerely, then we can make a difference in the world! Just like my experience!
( I hope I contributed to making a difference in world little bit!) 
Here is a youtube video of the campaign ( last year’s)