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DMNews.com | News | Article: "In the days after the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami that devastated south Asia, donors flooded charity Web sites with what many nonprofit fundraisers call extraordinary generosity, much of it unsolicited.
Even before President Bush urged Americans to go online and give to relief efforts, dozens of organizations already were accepting donations and many have raised millions of dollars. One such group is the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, which has received record-breaking online donations at unicefusa.org.
Through Jan. 4, the charity had collected $20 million online and through the organization's toll-free number, said Tim Ledwith, director of interactive donor communications. "