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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Justin Bieber's Retweet Spikes Organ Donations in Canada

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How powerful is Justin Bieber's Twitter account? So powerful that it's literally compelled more than a thousand people to give away their body parts.

It all started last week when a young woman from Ottawa named Helena Campbell, who's awaiting a lung transplant, asked Justin via Twitter to retweet her request for organ donors. Justin responded to her request on Saturday, tweeting "i got the word...you have amazing strength. I got u. #BeAnOrganDonor." According to The Hollywood Reporter, by Sunday, BeADonor.ca, the website of the Trillium Gift of Life Network, reported 565 new donors. By Tuesday, the new online donor registration tally had reached a thousand, as Trillium announced on its Facebook page.

Read On ABC News Radio: http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2012/1/25/justin-biebers-retweet-spikes-organ-donations-in-canada.html#ixzz1kVr5UbDc

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Justin Bieber's Retweet Spikes Organ Donations in Canada

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