Feb 17 2009
Do Good Without Doing Much
Want to find an easy way to support your favorite charity (mine being the International Rescue Committee) without having to give any extra money or time? Who’d think it’s possible-except for the people who created GoodSearch.com?
At this site, you can install a search toolbar, powered by Yahoo!, that will raise a penny or so for your favorite charity that’s registered with GoodSearch each time you use the GoodSearch search engine to browse the Internet! The money is donated through advertisers, so no money comes out of your pocket directly. If you spread the word around, you can get a lot of money over time. In the last two or three weeks, the organization I work for (not the IRC), has raised $2.25, and that is mainly through the 7 staff members we have doing some searches online during working hours. Most of those staff members are only part-time, too.
GoodSearch is also partnered with GoodShop.com that will donate a portion of your internet purchases to your favorite charity.
Try them out!
