"In February 2009, Twestival leveraged the Twitter (Twitter) audience to raise more than $250,000 in the most ambitious Twitter fundraising event to date. (The event was a major inspiration for the Summer of Social Good, a three month charity campaign currently running here at Mashable (Mashable).) Tonight at #140conf, the two-day Twitter conference in New York, Twestival organizer Amanda Rose announced the launch of the group’s next event: “Twestival Local” takes place on September 12th and encourages local groups of Twitter users to host events in aid of their favorite charities. Registration will be open from July 1st. Rose also announced that Twestival 2010 will be held on February 12th of that year." - Susan Beebe from Bookmarklet