Search & Earn for Charity - It's a Good Thing

I keep a notebook where I jot down notes to myself, ideas for blogposts, ideas for Squidoo lenses - stuff like that. I also make a note of websites that I'd like to visit. Usually I've heard about them on the radio while driving and jot the url's down on any scrap of paper I can find in the car and then write them in my notebook. Need to start keeping my notebook beside me, I guess.

So I had a dozen or so that I decided to check out this morning. Boy, some of them were really odd and I have absolutely no idea what prompted me to make note.

For example, there's PoleForTheSoul. I dare you to check it out, ladies. Uh huh...that's right...pole dancing lessons. I must have had a glass or two of wine that day. Why I'm even admitting this is beyond me. Just peeked at it this morning and promptly exited.

But I digress...there's a little gem of a website out there that you've got to look at. It's a way to earn funds for your favorite charity or charities just by searching for whatever you're searching for through GoodSearch.

What is GoodSearch? Well, here's a quote from their "About Us" info:

"So, what if we could raise money for our favorite charities and schools by doing something we do every day — searching the Internet?

That's the question Ken Ramberg (the former founder of JOBTRAK, now a division of Monster.com) and JJ Ramberg (an MSNBC anchor and the former Director of Marketing at Cooking.com) asked themselves a few years ago. After realizing what a fraction of the $8 billion generated annually by search engine advertisers could do if it were directed towards organizations trying to make the world a better place, they launched GoodSearch in 2005."

You just enter your favorite charity - right now my searches will earn for Juvenile Diabetes because my nephew's little toddler was just diagnosed. Anything that will help fund research for that scary disease is worthwhile.

You don't always have to contribute to the same charity, though. Leukemia and Lymphoma and MS are two of my other favorites. If you don't have a favorite charity, there's a link at the bottom of the page listing the participating nonprofits. You can even add to it, if you like. I checked out all the Minnesota charities.

And, if that's not amazing enough for you, you can visit the sister site GoodShop . You won't believe all the online stores that are a part of this awesome plan. Plus there are coupons to use. What's not to like??

In any case, just do yourself a favor and pull up GoodSearch. You can get there just by clicking on the banner at the top of this post or the one in the sidebar. I think you'll like what you see.

P.S. Let me know if you decide on those poledancing lessons? I could do a post on your accomplishments! With pictures, even. Worth a thought,no?