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Tweet. Meet. Give.

That's the basic point of Twestival - Twitter's largest charity event. Fundraisers will be held all over the world today, in 175 cities, to raise money for Concern Worldwide. The organization helps educate about 72 million children around the globe who don't have an opportunity to go to schools.

Tweet. Meet. Trapeze. Give.

Seattle's Twestival tonight has the added twist of flying through air, possibly not with the greatest of ease, at Emerald City Trapeze.

"I am dying to wear spandex high above a sold-out crowd while hurling through the air," says Shelby Healy. "We can all relate to that, right?"

Healy is a salesperson at Jack FM radio, and a part of Twestival's all-volunteer effort.

"I've been obsessed with media since I was about 13. At any given time, I've been on the reporting, advertising sales, research, photo journalism, tech and graphic design side. When social media started gaining momentum and expanding outside early adapter circles, I naturally became fascinated," Healy says. "That zeal led me to Twestival and Twestival Seattle."

Twestival is powered by volunteers and by social media.

"The event is 100 percent planned and executed using social media. All promotion is done via social media. There is no pre-planned offline marketing or promotion," says lead organizer Shauna Causey , who is Comcast's communications manager. "It's the largest social media-planned non-profit event in the state."

The last Twestival in Seattle raised about $6,000 for a local non-profit, Youthcare. The goal tonight is to raise $15,000 to build schools through Concern Worldwide.

The Seattle social media crowd will be joined by the local tech startup community. A new location-based friend-finding service called Digri will debut tonight. David Hoang founder of Social LOL (jokes at the expense of social media and its users) will auction off some drawings, one will be an autographed Chris Pirillo - we social media geeks adore Chris.

Social media geeks also love this city.

Causey, who has worked on several non-profit projects, says people in the local social media community are "extremely generous with time and resources."

"I’ve lived in Seattle my entire life and I’ve heard a lot about this 'Seattle Freeze.' If it does exist, you won’t find cliques at events like this," she says. "You’ll find a lot of caring and extremely smart people willing to help and learn social media best practices from each other. And most importantly, give back to the community."

Plus, there's that whole trapeze thing. Come on, admit you'd like to try this once in your lifetime.

Proof, in my view, that Shauna Causey can do anything. Well done!

If there are any tickets available for tonight's event, you'll find them here.

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Linda is co-host of Seattle's Morning news, 5-9, on 97.3 KIRO FM. This is her local news blog, with an emphasis on social media, technology, Northwest companies, education, parenting, and anything else that grabs her attention.