Finalists for the second annual Bloganthropy Awards were announced today by Bloganthropy.org and Child’s Play Communications. The unique awards program recognizes women bloggers who use social media to support a good cause. For the second straight year, Procter & Gamble is sponsoring the Bloganthropy Awards, this time through its Give Education program. The company will present a total of $5,000 to the winner and finalists.

For the second year in a row, P&G is sponsoring the Bloganthropy Awards. Because of P&G’s support, the winner of the 2011 Bloganthropy Award will receive $2000, and four finalists will receive $500 each. P&G also has generously offered an additional $200 to all five honorees to help offset their travel costs to the Awards. We will be announcing the finalists for the prize very soon. In the meantime, we hope you’ll support P&G’s charitable efforts.

Our March Blogger of the Month is Sian To of Mummy Tips. Find out how she suddenly found herself a blogger activist.

I didn’t set out to become a blogger activist – or even to become a blogger for that matter…

In July 2010, CyberMummy became the first dedicated blogger conference in the UK. It was a huge success and it was also to become the first step in my charity work.

A couple of days after CyberMummy I had a call from Save The Children’s Digital Media Manager, Liz Scarff…

Nominations are now open for the second Annual Bloganthropy Awards. The Annual Bloganthropy Awards recognize and honor women who use social media to support a good cause…

We are thrilled to hear about all of the amazing bloggers making a difference through social media. February’s Bloganthropy Blogger of the Month, Teresa Keller and her family, of Round the World With Us, shared with us how she uses social media to put donors right there and show them “the power they have to change the world, one person,one project, one village at a time.” Make sure to read her full interview!

For March, we are again partnering with Equal Exchange to honor a Bloganthropy Blogger of the Month…

We are excited to announce that Teresa Keller and her family, of Round the World With Us, are our February Bloggers of the Month.

Round the World With Us is a blog that documents the travel volunteerism of Teresa Keller, a single mom, her three children, Jennifer (age 18), Alex (age 13) and Bella (age 12), and her best friend’s daughter (Meagan, age 17).

Teresa decided to give up their home, car and most of their possessions and spent their savings to travel around the world, exploring, volunteering and raising money for 14 (and counting) charitable projects…

For February, we are again partnering with Equal Exchange to honor a Bloganthropy Blogger of the Month…

Susan Niebur is an astrophysicist, a mom, and a brilliant blogger. She also has cancer but cancer doesn’t have her. A four time survivor, she has used her voice to build a network and initiatives to help other people battling cancer. By raising awareness of Inflammatory Breast Cancer, an aggressive breast cancer that presents without a lump, and launching Mothers With Cancer, a gathering place and source of support, Susan has saved lives and inspired other bloggers to act…

Kristine Brite McCormick was a 2010 Bloganthropy Award Finalist and is a current member of the Bloganthropy Blogger Advisory Board. Please read this guest post by Kristine and support her efforts to mandate Pulse Oximetry Screening if you can by writing about this issue, contacting your state representatives and using your influence as a blogger to inspire others.

We were awed by the quality of the nominations for last year’s First Annual Bloganthropy Awards and wanted to find a way to honor even more bloggers throughout the year.
So, Bloganthropy is partnering with Equal Exchange to launch the Bloganthropy Blogger of the Month Awards.
We’ll recognize one blogger each month who has used his or her social media influence to make an outstanding volunteer or charitable contribution to her community.
Bloganthropy is built on the idea that we can use our social media influence to amplify the good we do.  By …