"Search Kindly" and Help a Worthy Cause
November 8th 2007 09:24
Search Kindly: The Site Where Research = Charity
The next time you need to research an article, blog post, book, or story, why not use Search Kindly and donate to a worthy cause at the same time? Search Kindly is a website that offers Google search capability with a twist: Each time you complete your Google search from the site instead of anywhere else, you actually donate money for free to a worthy charitable organization.
Why Search Kindly?
The people who run the site have this to say about themselves and their innovative way of raising money for charity:
Search Kindly is a non-profit organization dedicated to the idea of micro-volunteerism and micro-philanthropy. A lot of people doing a little is better than a few people doing a lot.
They also explain why they've chosen to use a site that offers Google search as their vehicle for fundraising:
The whole point of Search Kindly is to take something that you'd be doing anyway, like surfing the Internet, and turn it into a really meaningful action.
Sounds like a fantastic idea, to me.
How Does Search Kindly Work?
The charity which receives each month's donations is chosen via voting by the site's visitors during the month prior to the one in which the donations are distributed. So, not only are you able to give without money, but you're also able to help decide who receives your gift.
Search Kindly posts a list of organizations from which you can choose when you place your vote (which you may do once every eight hours). There are currently six charitable groups vying for December's funds. Each organization title in the list links to a description of the group and its work. During the first three weeks of the month, open voting takes place among all six charities to determine the top two. These two remain in the running during the fourth week, at which time the site's users vote for their favorite of the two and thereby choose the recipient of the next month's proceeds.
Donations are generated through the site's advertising, and 100% of proceeds raised are donated to the chosen charity each month. Last month (October) $913.35 was raised for Wildlife Direct, and the goal for this month is $1,000, which will be donated to Blood: Water Mission. (As of this writing, $180.60 has been raised so far this month.)
Which Groups Can I Choose Among for December's Donation?
Charitable organizations in the running for Next month's donation are the following:
-Covenant House
-Friends of Bonobos
-Boma Fund
-Cows for Kids
-Marion Medical Mission
-Save Darfur Coalition
Visit the site to learn more about these organizations and their work and to enter your vote for the charity of your choice. Then, why not start using Search Kindly for all your internet research?
As they say on the website, "If you're going to search, why not Search Kindly?"
Let's Search Kindly together!
Jeanne
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No problem! It's a wonderful way to help others while helping ourselves--and it makes it so easy to give!
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