Monday, March 31, 2008

Shopping for Good

Written by: Kate Snyder, Executive Assistant

How much money do you spend every month on online shopping? Books, movies, electronics, clothes. You name it, you can now buy it online. And what if every time you shopped online you were also raising money for your favorite charity (i.e. East End Cooperative Ministry)?

Well it just so happens that you can do exactly that with iGive. iGive is an online shopping portal that allows you to make purchases from hundreds of well-known stores. The philanthropy part kicks in because all of those stores then donate a percentage of your purchase (it varies from 1% to 26%) to the cause of your choice.

It's that simple. To date, EECM has raised $274.48 through iGive. Now, that may not sound like a lot. But here's the thing. All of that money has been raised by less than half a dozen supporter-shoppers. That's right. Five people doing their regular online shopping managed to raise almost $300 for EECM.

That's pretty amazing. Just imagine how much money could be generated if ALL of EECM's supporters started using iGive.

It's easy to get started. Just go to www.igive.com/eecm and start shopping!




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