*Use GoodSearch to do your homework and surf the web. It is a search engine powered by Yahoo! that raises a 1.3 cents for your favorite charity every time you search the web. Download the toolbar so you can HELP OUT every time you use the Internet. Pick your favorite charity (there are more than 100,000 listed) or consider supporting Salvadoran youth who have grown up in orphanges and shelters continue their education. Select "Nuestro Ahora (Eashtampton, MA)."
*Use GoodShop or OneCause if you shop online. Enter your favorite store or website from either page, and they will donate a percentage of the sales to your favorite cause. Again, you can select from among your favorite charities or support "Nuestro Ahora, Inc."
*If you use Facebook, join some "Causes." Even without directly donating any money, by joining a group you help that group increase its membership, which helps your cause win support (and maybe even some funding) from Facebook. In addition, you help raise awareness for your cause among your Facebook friends. Many of the documentaries we've seen in class have "Causes" pages. . .look for "Invisible Children" among others. To support Nuestro Ahora, join "Help Orphans Study."
*Increase your SAT vocabulary using FreeRice which helps you build your verbal power while donating 20 grains of rice to the UN World Food Program operations for each term you learn.
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