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A decade of mobile giving

TORONTO – Tuesday marked the 10th anniversary of the Mobile Giving Foundation Canada (MGFC).Incorporated in 2009, MGFC was established by key members of Canada's wireless industry, working in partnership with the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA), to create a means through which Canadians could make donations to registered charities through their mobile device.This is why Canadians can, for example, text $10 to a certain number to help raise money for natural disasters or other needs and have it tacked onto their wireless bill."Canadians are generous and supportive of worthy causes, and they also embrace technology. Merging philanthropy with the power...