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May 5, 2017 09:30 pm GMT

New app turns selfies with celebs into charity donations

Wish there was some way to make your ~basic~ love of celebrities and social media more meaningful? Well you're in luck. There's an app for that. 

By combining the power of social media and networking, Csnaps.org — a unique humanitarian platform co-founded by former Bon Jovi guitarist, Richie Sambora — makes it possible for fans and celebrities to turn their photographs, videos, and stories into charitable donations.

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Sambora told People that he was inspired to create the app — which encourages avid social media posters to go from "selfie to selfless" — by Ellen's epic Oscar's selfie. "When I heard a billion dollars could have been raised with one selfie," he said, "I thought, 'Why give that away for free, when that kind of money could be funneled toward important causes?'" Read more...

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