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About
#WakeUpCall is a hashtag fundraiser campaign for UNICEF in which the participant posts a selfie immediately upon waking and pledge to donate money to help the children displaced by the ongoing civil war in Syria, then challenge three others to do the same, similar to the nomination method used in the Ice Bucket Challenge for the ALS foundation.
Origin
On October 6th, 2014, UNICEF's UK Twitter account[4] introduced #WakeUpCall with an instructional message urging people to share a wake-up selfie and donate to the international organization's humanitarian efforts for the refugee children in Syria. Within 48 hours, the hashtag was tweeted out over 11,000 times.
![9ab.png UNICEF UK @UNICEF_uk unicefe Follow Have you posted a photo of your #wakeupcall yet? Once you do text SYRIA to 70007 to give Β£5 or go online to wakeupcall.org.uk Reply t Retweet β
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Spread
Several prominent English celebrities tweeted #WakeUpCall selfies. On October 6th, Tom Hiddleston [6] tweeted a selfie, and on October 7th, Hugh Grant[5] tweeted a selfie.
![4f2.png Tom Hiddleston @twhiddleston * Follow #WAKEUPCALL Text SYRIA to 70007 to give wakeupcall.org.uk. Normninai @Misskeeleyhawes @EmWatson @josierourke γReply Retweet * Favorite More](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/843/714/4f2.png)
![190.png Follow Hugh Grant @HackedOffHugh #WAKEUPCALL I nominate @JohnCleese, @KP24, @JohnBishop Reply t Retweet β
Favorite More RETWEETS FAVORITES GO 42 82 3:18 AM-7Oct 2014](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/843/718/190.png)
On October 7th, Buzzfeed[1] published a round-up of #WakeUpCall selfies titled "Celebrities Have Started A New Morning Selfie Craze Called #WakeUpCall." It was covered on the same day by several websites including Refinery29[2] and The Telegraph.[7]
Notable Examples
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Search Interest
External References
[1] Buzzfeed β Celebrities Have Started A New Morning Selfie Craze Called #WakeUpCall
[2] Refinery29 β #WakeupCall Selfies: The New Ice Bucket Challenge
[3] The Gloss β Snap A #WakeUpCall Selfie Before You Crawl Out Of Bed To Support A Good Cause
[4] Twitter β Snap A #WakeUpCall Selfie Before You Crawl Out Of Bed To Support A Good Cause
[5] Twitter β HackedOffHugh
[6] Twitter β twhiddleston
[7] The Telegraph β 'Wake Up Call': the new Ice Bucket Challenge?
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Oct 07, 2014 at 09:17PM EDT
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