Conan O’Brien – or more so one of his tweets– has inadvertently put the Children’s Hunger Fund into the limelight.
A tweet of his stating that he’d only be able to acquire one follower – a 19 year-old Sarah Killen from Michigan, chosen at random, set the fortuitous events in motion.
Killen was offered a design for her own custom wedding gown by one of the organization’s donors when she announced that she is getting married in September but without the money for a wedding.
The only request the donor, Kelima K., made in return? Having Killen promote the Children’s Hunger Fund!
That’s fortunate, no?
The happy accident of a tweet by Conan, and Kelima’s wishes has caused the traffic of the CHF to jump 1, 200 percent.
Behold the power of Twitter!
“To see so many people wanting to help because of what Sarah said is simply astounding,” said Martin. “Through none of our own doing, the door has been thrown wide open for us to show the ongoing needs in Haiti,” says the CHF Communications Director, Fred Martin.
Let’s hope the attention to the charity, accidentally set forth by O’Brien, lasts long enough to spread more awareness!
