I have heard about this org through my minimal participation in socialactions.com (which I’ve mentioned here before). Tho I don’t text so much, this sounds great for those folks who do!

clipped from www.npr.org NPR.org, July 1, 2009 · Got five minutes? Got a cell phone? Want to do good? The Extraordinaries can help. It’s one of a number of newly hatched social-media enterprises that champion speedy cooperation. Here is the 30-second elevator pitch: The Extraordinaries delivers microvolunteer opportunities to mobile phones that can be done on-demand and on-the-spot. Shazzam! Charity meets brevity. Crowdsourcing for the common good. Turning ADD into AID.