Here’s something we can all be grateful for: if you are
one of the every person on the planet with Internet access who ever shops on
Amazon, you can actually use your consumerist tendencies to help out charitable
causes.
All you have to do is use the URL Smile.Amazon.com instead of the usual
Amazon.com. You sign in to your account, shop, place your order—everything’s
the same as usual. Except that Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase(s) to
the organization you designate.
They’ve got a list you can pick from (I’ve chosen the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society; feel
free to do the same); you can change it around, too. They’ve got about a
million eligible 501(c) (3) organizations, and they’ll keep sending the 0.5% to
that charity until you change, which you can do at any point. (My alternate is
the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society.)
The interface is completely identical to the straight
Amazon experience. You just get to help out a group that will really appreciate
it.
Easy, no?
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