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…

During times of crisis, social media becomes an important outlet–it can connect activists, aid in search and rescue, disseminate information, and raise money and awareness.

The entire world has been watching in horror as the beautiful nation of Japan has suffered a series of natural disasters, the effects of which are still being felt as its nuclear power plants are increasingly at risk.

Bloggers are working to raise money and to let the people of Japan know that our thoughts are with them. Here are some of the social media efforts we spotted…

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…

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 …

For more and more American families, volunteering has grown from a seasonal act of giving, to a year-round tradition.

Largely prompted by kids facing unequal opportunities for civic engagement, tweens (the 8-14 year olds in particular), are “mashing-up” new ways they can use their passions to serve a cause…

Candace and I recently returned from the BlogHer Conference in New York. Thanks to the amazing generosity of Corolle Dolls, we were able to have a booth at the BlogHer conference!

I am so grateful for the opportunity to exhibit at BlogHer. During the conference, I spoke to hundreds of bloggers about the accomplishments of the five Bloganthropy Awards finalists, and we heard from bloggers about how they are using their influence to do good by supporting causes and charities they are passionate about on their blogs, Twitter and Facebook accounts.

Katherine Stone, publisher of the popular blog, Postpartum Progress, was named the winner of the first annual Bloganthropy Awards. “Postpartum depression and perinatal mood disorders affect over 800,000 women annually in the United States alone. Increased awareness of PPD is critical to early diagnosis and treatment. For six years, Katherine Stone solely supported Postpartum Progress, helping countless women through her efforts. She recently incorporated as a non-profit with the goal of expanding the organization’s reach and effectiveness. We hope that recognition as the first annual Bloganthropy Award Winner and the prize money donated by P & G GIVE HEALTH will help Katherine Stone to accomplish this worthy goal,” says Debbie Bookstaber, co-founder of Bloganthropy.org. Candace Lindemann, co-founder of Bloganthropy.org, added: “The Bloganthropy Awards enable us to applaud the work of these powerful women and to inspire others to express themselves using social media.”

is thrilled to be a BlogHer ‘10 sponsor. Our booth is generously made possible by donations from Corolle. We are proud to be a part of this important conference that supports the voices of female bloggers. Please stop by our booth at the BlogHer Expo Hall and tell us about your social media charity efforts and sign-up to get involved with Bloganthropy projects….