Non-Profit of the Week: Greater Good Site

Into the Great Unknown is starting a new feature: "Non-profit of the Week." These non-profits will be a mix of locally grown non-profits I've encountered to national non-profits.  in 2014 I think we should all donate one half-hour per week to a non-profit.  If your schedule prevents this, can you carve out one hour per month?   This hour could be a family activity - group volunteering at a museum or soup kitchen, activity at church or synagogue/or similar or civic organization.  If you are a parent this can be an hour of time volunteering at your child's school.  If you prefer to make donations via cash (I know in tough economic times this is easier said than done) - consider $5-$10 per month or more if you can give it.  'What will you receive by giving?'

This week, I'm blogging about an organization close to my heart: The Greater Good websites, which include The Animal Rescue Website, Hunger Site, Breast Cancer, Literacy, Rainforest, Veterans... Each website has a donation focus to specific concerns (i.e. Animal Rescue...Hunger...).  At the top of each site there is a button: 'Click Here - it's Free.'  All you have to do is click the button and a donation is made to that site's focus.  For instance the click for Animal Rescue provides a shelter pet a bowl of food per day.  The click is 'free' because Ads underneath pay for your click.  We can all carve out a minute of our day to click on the Greater Good site.  One click makes a world of difference from Literacy to Veterans to Animals and beyond.

I was first introduced to the Greater Good website when I worked as a Cat Socialization Volunteer at the Nashville Humane Society in Nashville TN.  The shelter received numerous donations from Animal Rescue/Greater Good to pay for much needed food for our shelter cats.  NHA is a no-kill shelter, rescuing animals from other high kill shelters in addition to their own intake.  So this helped keep their food funds in check so they could used the equivalent surplus the donations afforded to Vet care and saving more animals!

In addition to the 'free click,' Greater Good raises money through their online store - which sells cute clothing, eco-friendly goods, necklaces and other products that go directly to your choice of 'site' be it the Rainforest, Animals, Vets...etc...

So what do you have to lose?  Start clicking today at:
http://www.greatergood.com
http://www.hungersite.greatergood.com
http://www.animalrescuesite.com
http://www.rainforestsite.com

At the top of the Greater Good Bar you can shift from each of their focus sites with ease - take a full minute or two to click them all!

About Greater Good from their website FAQ:


This non-profit only asks for a minute of your time each day to 'Click.'

The Greater Good uses ads on their website

GreaterGood began in 1999 to provide support for worthy causes through easy, online actions. Since its launch, GreaterGood has contributed more than $30 million to charities around the world.
Each of our cause-related websites partners with nonprofits to provide support through many different easy actions, including a free, fast 'click', shopping, and through the Gifts That Give More™ online donation program.

Currently, all donations generated by GreaterGood activities are distributed by GreaterGood.org, a 501c3 nonprofit. Each year, GreaterGood.org grants go to more than 130 charities working in the United States and worldwide. Recent grants include, but are not limited to: providing meals for the hungry and supporting sustainable practices to end poverty; providing micronutrients and oral rehydration formula to bring ailing infants and children back to health; supporting breast cancer research and programs helping women receive free mammograms; rescuing and caring for abandoned pets or endangered animals until a permanent home can be found; helping families cope with autism; feeding homeless veterans and assisting them in finding housing and jobs; funding leading-edge diabetes research; encouraging reading and literacy through providing books, scholarships, and other educational services; and preserving rainforests and other wildlife habitat.
Current projects are detailed at the GreaterGood blog.