Catholic Charities of Central Colorado–who provides services to people in need, advocates for justice in social structures, and calls the entire church and other people of good will to do the same–has joined the micro-blogging phenomenon Twitter.

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

And what exactly is CCCS doing? “We’re getting the word out,” says President and CEOJason Christensen, “We want to be on the cutting edge with regard to Poverty Reductionin Colorado Springs. This effort is part education/part call-to-action. People have got to know that 37 million Americans are living at or below poverty level!”

Estimates of 4-5 million people use Twitter every day and it is ranked as the third most used social network globally (Facebook is ranked #1). That puts the number of Twitter’s unique monthly visitors at roughly 6 million and the number of monthly visits at 55 million. In March 2009, a Nielsen.com blog ranked Twitter as the fastest growing site in the Member Communities category for February 2009.

Catholic Charities of Central Colorado, the social service arm of the Diocese of Colorado Springs, provides social services throughout a 10-county area with most of the services targeted to people living in Colorado Springs and El Paso County. The agency is accredited by the Council on Accreditation and provides services to people of all races, backgrounds and beliefs.

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