Saturday, March 8, 2008

Giving - Step 4: GoodSearch/GoodShop

An easy and FREE way to give to a charity of your choice is through GoodSearch (www.goodsearch.com). For every internet search that you do using the GoodSearch search engine, your selected charity will get a minimum 1 cent donation to their cause. I know that doesn't sound like a lot, but it is free money and it does add up as more and more people use the engine if support of your cause. For instance, if you perform, on average, 10 searches a day, you would raise $36.50 for your designated charity over the course of a year. If 100 people did that, it would raise $3,650! All for doing something you normally do anyway. You can make this as painless as possible by selecting GoodSearch as your default search engine in your IE, Firefox, or Mac Toolbar - visit http://www.goodsearch.com/Toolbars.aspx for instructions on how to set this up.

If you don't already know of a charity that you can support through GoodSearch, you can search their database of participating charities at http://www.goodsearch.com/CharityList.aspx. For example, both the Clinton Global Initiative and Oprah's Angel Network are registered charities; you also may find your local schools, churches, preschools, day care centers, etc. in the list. You can even find charities based on different categories, like environment, poverty, children, women, and politics. Find something that captures your heart and start raising some extra cash for them.

Once you pick a charity, you can raise additional funds for them through GoodShop, GoodSearch's web mall. All you need to do is click on the web store that you want to visit and a portion of your purchases is donated to your selected cause. If you do a major portion of your shopping online, this could raise some serious FREE cash for your charity.

So, check out the GoodSearch site for all of the details on using its fundraising services. Also, tell your friends and family about it - it's an easy way to help a charity in need while sitting at home doing your work on the computer!

Take Care,
Kara

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