Today is Project for Awesome – Every year, YouTube’s Community takes over YouTube for a day… and instead of being stupid or funny… the community promotes charities. (Though, in all honesty, the videos are still pretty stupid and funny!) The idea is to watch these video, comment A TON, and then they’ll get bumped up on the list of most-watched or most-discussed so charities get the YouTube limelight. And, it’s extra special because it’s from true YouTube Community members that aren’t affiliated with the charities.

Lots of great charities are featuring Project for Awesome videos. Here’s a few: Advocates for Youth; Save the Children; World Vision; and more! It’s all very inspiring, so get involved.