Click to Give
You click, The Hunger Site gives 1.1 cups of food to the hungry. The other tabs at the top of the page (Breast Cancer, Child Health, etc.) follow the same general idea.
It takes about 20 seconds a day to click through all the tabs, and all you have to do is glance at some ads. Only one click per person, per day, goes toward the official count, according to The Hunger Site’s FAQ. If you feel like doing some manic clicking for great justice, FreeRice is probably your best bet… better go to the site so I can make sure I have the address right and play compulsively.
*several minutes and 49 levels later*
… Anyway, The Hunger Site and friends also have associated stores (although, judging by the stats, the clicks bring in far more income). I was going to say I haven’t bought anything from them yet, but then I found some lovely recycled silk yarn… fair trade, no less. So, I funded 25.0 cups of food and I get about two scarves’ worth of yarn. I see no drawback here. (It would be nice if they took PayPal and/or allowed customers to create an account with them, but typing in my contact information and whatnot isn’t exactly time-consuming.) Aside from the proceeds going to excellent causes, many of the items seem quite beautiful in their own right–and isn’t Valentine’s Day coming up? Take a look around.
A friend of mine had mentioned FreeRice to me before but I had never gone to check it out. The general idea behind these sites is very cool though.