Twitter may be a relatively new Internet application (and obsession for some), but GENERAL HOSPITAL’s Nancy Lee Grahn is already legendary for her entertaining (and copious) tweets, which provide a bounty of fun information about her professional and personal lives. (Are you reading her European vacation updates — in French?) And she just recently expanded her cyberempire. 
“I’m still doing Twitter, and I’ve got the Facebook page going now, too,” chuckles Grahn, who is still willing to use that 10th-century innovation, the telephone — for interviews. “It’s not as interesting to me as Twitter. With Twitter, the responses that come back are very funny. And it’s more instant gratification. I like when it’s more immediate; it’s more fun.”
And Grahn is using her cyberpowers for good, encouraging her followers to donate to charities. “I made $2,000 for the food bank. I can pick a different charity every couple of weeks and just send [contributions]. I’ve been doing it for weeks, and that’s money for charity.
“I’m working with a regional food bank in Los Angeles. Food bank money goes to the regional food banks. I already got a couple of thousand dollars. And when I have my [fan events], I’ll get some more.”
Grahn is trying to work out a way to make giving as easy — and as rewarding — as tweeting. “Because people are just so great, what I’m thinking is, we’re trying to set it up so you can literally send a dollar [via Twitter]. I’m trying to do this dollar-a-day thing, so there’s a constant flow of money. And a dollar is no big deal. We have to figure out a way to [let people pledge] a dollar so it’s not cost-prohibitive. [Perhaps] doing it through PayPal or sending it right to the charity through your credit card. There’s got to be some way. My Web people are working on it!”
You can join Grahn’s cyberarmy (at last count, numbering some 5,750 followers) at: twitter.com/NancyLeeGrahn.
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