{"id":135705,"date":"2013-10-24T10:45:35","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T14:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/?p=135705"},"modified":"2013-10-24T09:28:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T13:28:39","slug":"funny-man-dillon-francis-gets-philanthropic-raises-over-6k-for-chicago-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2013\/10\/funny-man-dillon-francis-gets-philanthropic-raises-over-6k-for-chicago-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Funny man Dillon Francis gets philanthropic, raises over 6k for Chicago schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, <a title=\"Dillon Francis\" href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/tag\/dillon-francis\/\">Dillon Francis<\/a> set up a signed t-shirt auction to help raise money for <a title=\"After School Matters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afterschoolmatters.org\">After School Matters<\/a>, a Chicago-based charity organization that fosters professional and creative growth for teens through extra curricular activities. \u00a0Social media savvy Francis raised over $6,000 through the auction, with one shirt selling for over $1,500 alone.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters took to Twitter to announce their thanks, and the big man himself sent a letter to all involved. Kudos go out to <a title=\"Flosstradamus\" href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/tag\/flosstradamus\/\">Flosstradamus<\/a> too; the Chicago natives hold this charity close to heart and were also big donors.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THIS! THANK YOU TO <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DILLONFRANCIS\">@DILLONFRANCIS<\/a> FOR DONATING TO THE CHARITY OF OUR CHOOSING AND THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO GAVE! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/pXNrn6Ah3V\">pic.twitter.com\/pXNrn6Ah3V<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2014 FLOSSTRADAMUS (@FLOSSTRADAMUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLOSSTRADAMUS\/statuses\/393060284656390144\">October 23, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DILLONFRANCIS\">@DILLONFRANCIS<\/a>, thank you for raising over $6000 to donate to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AftrSchoolMttrs\">@AftrSchoolMttrs<\/a>. You&#8217;re a good guy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2014 edm (@edm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edm\/statuses\/393018502862626816\">October 23, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this month, Dillon Francis set up a signed t-shirt auction to help raise money for After School Matters, a Chicago-based charity organization that fosters professional and creative growth for teens through extra curricular activities.  Social media savvy Francis raised over $6,000 through the auction, with one shirt selling for over $1,500 alone!\r\n\r\nSupporters took to Twitter to announce their thanks, and the big man himself sent a letter to all involved. Kudos go out to Flosstradamus too; the Chicago natives hold this charity close to heart and were also big donors.","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":123070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[1285,776,35251,35331,1175],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Funny man Dillon Francis gets philanthropic, raises over 6k for Chicago schools - Dancing Astronaut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2013\/10\/funny-man-dillon-francis-gets-philanthropic-raises-over-6k-for-chicago-schools\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Funny man Dillon Francis gets philanthropic, raises over 6k for Chicago schools - Dancing Astronaut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Earlier this month, Dillon Francis set up a signed t-shirt auction to help raise money for After School Matters, a Chicago-based charity organization that fosters professional and creative growth for teens through extra curricular activities. 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