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Helping Charities with Falling Incomes: 10 Ways to Donate at No Cost

Posted on 02. Jul, 2009 in Saving money

In the present economy, charities are suffering because people don’t have enough extra money to donate. However, there are several ways you can donate to charities at no cost to your pocketbook:

1. Go to Everyclick.com. This search engine gives 50 percent of its revenue to charities. All you do is click the site and use it to search online or to shop. Every time you do, the site makes a contribution to a charity. You can even pick the charity to which you want them to donate.
2. Check out Daily Clicks—the Hunger Site. By visiting the site, you can click on the “donate” button, and each time you do, the site will donate staple foods to needy causes. Their network of sites has also expanded and now includes the Breast Cancer Site, which pays for free mammograms and the Rainforest Site.
3. Send e-cards at smiles4all.com. Each time you send an e-card from this site, their sponsors will make a donation to a non-profit organization of your choice.
4. Choose Waitrose.com as your Internet service provider. By choosing Waitrose.com, you are supporting the British Red Cross, the British Heart Foundation, MacMillan Cancer Support and The Prince’s Trust. All of Waitrose’s revenues are used toward helping these charities.
5. Share your story at SpreadtheSharing.com. Visit this U.S. website and share your story of sharing. All you do is share a story detailing a situation in which you shared time, money or wisdom with someone in need. By doing so, Country Crock, the site’s sponsor, will donate sufficient food to feed one needy family. Country Crock works with America’s Second Harvest to reduce the amount of hunger in the world.
6. Use NAT’s red-ribbon credit card. By using the NAT’s red ribbon credit card, you will help NAT fight the spread of AIDS. Each time a new account is opened, the MBNA Europe Bank Limited will contribute to NAT. Also, NAT receives a percentage of each purchase made on the card.
7. Donate your time. If you cannot afford to give money, you can lend your time and support to various charities that need help. Volunteering is a great way to give at no cost to you.
8. Donate food. If you have extra tins of food in your cupboard, why not take some of them and give them to those in need? This is a way for you to donate to a charitable cause without spending extra money.
9. Go to CharityClickDonation.com and pick your charity. All you do is select the charitable cause in which you are interested. Click on it to show support, and donations are made by sponsors to the site.
10. Upload a video to Youtube.com. If you don’t have a lot of money, but you have video equipment, you can make a video in which you talk about why you support a particular charity. Upload the video on YouTube.com, and you have publicized the charity without spending a dime.

Helping your favorite charity can involve much more than simply writing a check or donating your spare change. Contribute your time or simply mouse clicks, and you can still help make the world a better place, despite the current economic climate.

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