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By SHARMILANAIR

alltherage@thestar.com.my

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HAT is thecraziest thing

you woulddo in the name ofcharity? Well, TVpersonality HansenLee conducted anauction in a freezingcold venue ... withhis t-shirt off. Of course,none of the audiencemember at Twestival KLcomplained. Have youseen Hansens ripped body?Its amazing.

Anyway, the actual reasonwhy over 220 social mediausers gathered at a shop-ping mall in Kuala Lumpurlast Saturday was to hangout with like minded people

and have lots of fun andmore important do good.Twestival KL, which is part ofthe global Twestival move-ment, brings social mediausers together to raise fundsto benefit local charities andthe first Twestival KL, organ-ised in 2009, raised overRM11, 000.

Hosted by Lee, Elaine Dalyand Will Quah, the fifth edi-tion of the event collectedmore than RM30, 000 thanksto the charitable people andorganisations who lent theirsupport to the good cause.

This is a good way tobring social media users

together for a charitablecause. People could givedirect donations or makebids on the items we auc-tioned at the event, saidTwitter KL organiser NikiCheong.

The audience membershad the chance to bid on avariety of items, includinga Harimau Malaya jerseysigned by two of its play-ers, sponsored by local andinternational organisations.The attendees, who had to

pay a minimal donation ofRM50 entry fee, also hadthe chance to win high-tealuncheon vouchers, limitededition Moleskine notebooksand smartphones during thelucky draw sessions.

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Corporation has pledgedto match our fundraisingamount up to RM10, 000. Allthe money thats raised fromTwestival KL will go to thecharity of our choice, saidCheong. The proceeds will goto the non-profit organisa-tion Persatuan Kanak-KanakIstimewa Hulu Langat inSelangor which serves as adrop-in centre for childrenwith special needs. Theyare raising funds to builda one-stop centre and theTwestival KL team hopes tocontribute what we can tohelp the organisation con-tinue to do their good work,

he added.The crowd was alsoentertained by the live per-formances by local artistessuch as Elvira, Ray Cheong,Carmen Soo, Vince Chongand Liang. They also had theopportunity to meet some ofthe local Twitterverse celeb-rities including Cheong, JasonLioh and Chee Ching.

n For more information onthe event, goto www.twesti-valkl.com.

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For a good causeSocial media users prove that theywalk the talk offline.

Niki Cheong, Twestival KualaLumpur organiser, feels thatsuch event is a good way tobring social media userstogether for a good cause.

WillQuah(left)andsingerElvirapaidRM300forHansentotakeoffhisshirt...allinthenameofcharity.

Local R&B singer Liang kept theaudience going with his superbvocal skills.

Social media enthusiastsgathered to raise fundsfor a local charity home.

Elaine Dalyand HansenLee hosted

the auctionsat Twestival

KualaLumpur.