Six Degrees - Social networking with a conscience

Kevin Bacon has put his six degrees phenomenon to good use. He has started SixDegrees.org with non-profit Network For Good which helps organizations and charities raise money online. He has used his six degrees influence to celebrities to promote their charitable causes on his site, and allow those of us who are not celebrities to promote our own causes.

So far Kevin has raised $50,000 for his own cause, and Tyra Banks has raised an amazing $10 dollars. You think she could throw a Benjamin or two to fluff it up a little bit, and make her look like she is serious about her “cause”. So far the site has raised about $70,000 in total.
The actual SixDegrees site is only about one page, if you click on the links you will be taken to the Network For Good Web site to donate, create your own charity request and any other administrative task that you would like to do to get started.

The social side to this is that you can put badges on your site or blog of your favorite celebrity. You could also create your own badge and offer it for others to put on their site. Great way to passively raise money. I guess it is safer than standing on the side of the street with a boot.

They are currently having a celebrity swag auction on eBay for stuff collected at Sundance.