I volunteered for the last Twestival event in San Francisco (@twestivalsf) organized by @krystyl and this year it’s great to see eBay and PayPal are really stepping up to help out.

On the eBay side of things, there is a Twestival Charity Auction taking place.

AUCTION ITEMS INCLUDE:

* VIP Experience with Imogen Heap
* Justin Bieber will call one lucky winner
* Tickets to QI, plus meet Stephen Fry
* Meet Ann Curry & Tour NBC Studios
* The Veronicas Signed Memorabilia
* Alyssa Milano Signed Items
* James Cowart Original Artwork
* Jamie Oliver Signed Book
* VIP Social Media Makeover with Yuli Ziv
* Coffee with Cameron Sinclair
* Go behind the scenes of Wine Library TV
* Margaret Atwood Signed Poem Poster
* Piano Lesson with Eric Lewis
* Adam Koford Original Artwork for Twestival
* Counting Crows Signed Memorabilia
* Jeff Antebi Signed Photograph
* and more!

Over on the PayPal side, they’ve gone a huge step further and become the official global sponsor for Twestival. From the site:

PayPal will be waiving processing fees for Concern Worldwide for the duration of Twestival*. Use the PayPal donation widget or buy your tickets with PayPal and give more back to Concern! To find out more about how PayPal helps nonprofits and donors capture donations securely and easily go to http://www.paypal.com/nonprofit

*PayPal fees for Twestival will be waived for funds raised up to $1 million from 2/12/2010-4/2/2010.

What is Twestival?
On Thursday 25 March 2010, people in hundreds of cities around the world will come together offline to rally around the important cause of Education by hosting local events to have fun and create awareness. Twestival™ (or Twitter Festival) uses social media for social good. All of the local events are organized 100% by volunteers and 100% of all ticket sales and donations go direct to projects. If you would like to get involved, please Register your City, Register your School, or Volunteer and we will get in touch. Organizers will be given a handbook and invitation to our collaboration workspace. Follow @twestival for updates.

Cheers,
RBH