Bloggers Donate To Charity Too
With the extra traffic coming through derrich.com from fellow MyBlogLog members as a result of the Bloggers Tournament, I’ve visited alot of blogs over the last couple of weeks (yes, I visit and read every blog from a new MBL member that I can on my “Recent Readers” widget). While sifting through all of the posts about AdSense, blogging tips, WordPress plugins, and all the new communities to join…I’ve come across a few blogs that do some special things.
Get In Google’s Shadow, Help The American Red Cross
Gary Lee, who happens to be competing in my 2007 Bloggers Tournament…Take 2…has a great site dedicated to saving energy…sort of.
Some of you maybe wondering what the hell that GoogleShadow thing is. Well, it was a topic that I came across in the blogosphere, which I know some of you remember - Saving the world 3000 MegaWatts a year. So, since I had an extra slot in my ixwebhosting plan, I thought I’d create a simple landing page with a black background to help do my part. I know there are discussions where LCDs use just as much energy producing a black image compared to a white image, but for the 25% of the world who use CRTs, I thought to myself - eh, why not?
Aside from hoping to conserve some powah, Gary has also arranged to donate 50% of the proceeds made from using Googleshadow.com to the American Red Cross.
Click A Button, Donate A Dollar To…
Alex Shalman is running a contest on his blog in which he will give up to $500 to charity. On April 15th, he will randomly select a blogger that has linked to this contest and allow them to choose a “legitimate” charity to which the money will be donated. He even has additional funding from other sources to up the ante…er, donation. In order to participate, Alex asks that you provide a link to his blog and include the following:
Alex Shalman at Practical Personal Development (a blog about self help and personal growth) is hosting a Donation Contest in which you press a button and he donates a dollar.
So, while I’d love to win and donate my “winnings” to Assistance League San Antonio, I urge all of you to spread the word. That’s exactly what Alex wants.
Honorable Mention
Many bloggers out there know who John Chow is. John donates a portion of his blog earnings to charity. Not only that, he recently arranged to feed the hungry this Easter by matching his readers’ donations to the Union Gospel Mission…in both Canada and the United States. John’s campaign raised over $1,000 for UGM’s Easter Meal drive, which will pay for nearly 400 dinners. Kudos, John. I’m proud to say that I participted in the drive as well.
Over at DoshDosh.com, I found a post that listed 14 search engines that donate money to charity. The search engines place ads next to your search results, and donate anywhere between 30-70% of ad revenues. All in all, it comes out to about a penny per search. Be sure to visit all of these and do your best to participate.
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March 21st, 2007 at 8:01 pm
Is there a way to prove that they are actually donating? Otherwise, I am skeptical.
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:04 am
I am skeptical to a point, but some of these bloggers I do know and can say they have good intentions. Whether or not their are side intentions is unknown, but who are we to judge?
March 22nd, 2007 at 9:58 am
I could take screenshots? So far, I’ve made less than 3 bucks since starting it, so I wanted to hit at least $50 bucks before I donated.