What's Trending and Ford's Fiesta Movement bring together the Youtube community and some of Hollywood's most charitable stars for the Second Annual Tube-A-Thon, a next generation digital social telethon to raise money for Covenant House, a nationwide charity network dedicated to helping homeless kids.
The holiday themed Tube-A-Thon will be live-streamed from Youtube Space LA on What's Trending Thursday, December 12 at 6pmPT/9pm ET for two hours of fundraising filled with music, comedy, performances and surprises. For every tweet with the hashtag #Tubeathon or #FiestaMovement, What's Trending and Fiesta Movement will donate $1 to Covenant House. Hosted by What's Trending's Shira Lazar, Tube-A-Thon brings together the world's biggest Youtube stars, celebrities and musicians, including Far East Movement, Eric Andre, Mircea Monroe, Travis Garland, Shay Carl, Chester See, Freddie Wong, Tiffany Alvord, Lia Marie Johnson, Toby Turner, Daily Grace, Mystery Guitar Man, Vitaly, Tyler Ward, Bart Baker, DJ Skee, Talent from Youtube channels Geek And Sundry, Nerdist, Soul Pancake, Sourcefed, Rooster Teeth, WIGS, DanceOn, Vine Stars Brittany Furlan, Page Kennedy, King Bach, Viral star Alison Gold, and the HelloSanta app, featuring Santa from Ridiculousness offering real-time greetings, for a fundraiser unlike any other.In 2012, the First Annual Tube-A-Thon became the #3 Twitter trend in the U.S. and raised thousands of dollars for Covenant House. For updates on the Second Annual Tube-A-Thon, follow @What'sTrending and @FordFiesta on Twitter and subscribe toYouTube.com/WhatsTrending.
ABOUT COVENANT HOUSE
Covenant House is the largest privately funded agency in the Americas providing shelter, food, immediate Crisis care, and an array of other services to homeless, at-risk and runaway youth. In addition to basic needs, Covenant House provides a Continuum of care to homeless youth aged 16-21 designed to transition them into an independent adulthood free from the risk of future homelessness. Covenant House offers services including health care, educational support/GED preparation/college scholarships, job readiness and skills training programs, substance abuse treatment and prevention programs, legal services, mental health services, mother/child programs, transitional living programs, street outreach and aftercare.
ABOUT FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. With about 180,000 employees and 65 plants worldwide, the company's automotive brands include Ford and Lincoln. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford and its products worldwide, please visit corporate.ford.com.
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