But some of them (say, a small church or a walk-a-thon) can't handle noncash contributions.
It said the updates on the micro-blogging site were the first ever "tweet-a-thon" from a justice centre.
Williams, 34, is training for a Spar-a-thon, attempting to box over 100 rounds with the members at Wye ABC.
In December Ain't It Cool's Harry Knowles showed the film as part his 24-hour Austin-based film festival known as the Butt-Numb-A-Thon.
While playoff beards may seem a bit frivolous, the sports marketing agency CENERGY launched Beard-a-thon which encourages fans to grow their own playoff beard for charity.
This time, the Kick-a-Thon will run from 9:00 AM PST to Midnight tomorrow, December 14th, and again on Saturday the 15th from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
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My thought was to help that momentum, by backing and then announcing that backing right after the end of my Kick-a-thon segment to tie it all together.
The free read-a-thon will run from noon to 2 p.m.
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The station offers "stress breaks, " handing out treats from its ice-cream truck, maintains a "Green Team" beautification squad, participates in arts festivals and still engages with residents through the Andyman-a-Thon.
On the last day of their campaign, it was very nice to get invited by Jeff to participate in his Kick-a-thon and I had been thinking about how to help a bit more.
None of these upstarts is poised to replace the traditional friends asking friends for cash contributions, but they are fabulous indicators that thon fundraising has not atrophied into a one-size-fits-all coma.
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