Sometimes the paychecks arrive late, the bills are overdue, and essential things like tuition and ramen make short work of philanthropy budgets. We understand. Even if you can't make a cash donation to the Office of Letters and Light, there are still many ways to fund NaNoWriMo's adult and youth programs.
This Yahoo-powered search engine donates a penny to the charity of your choice for every search you do. Visit this link to use GoodSearch to raise money for the Office of Letters and Light. It will lock in NaNoWriMo's parent nonprofit as the recipient of all your searches from that point forward. In 2008, GoodSearchers raised $2100.25 for the Office of Letters and Light!
Goodsearch also offers an installable toolbar to let you search directly from your browser. There are versions for users with Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari. You can download and learn more about the toolbar here, and you can go here to troubleshoot.
Cool thing: We've earned almost $2,000 in Goodsearch funds since we started this in 2007! If every NaNoWriMo participant switched to Goodsearch for November, we could pay for most of our expenses through Goodsearch funds alone.
Run by Goodsearch, this allows you to shop at dozens of online shops like iTunes, BarnesandNoble.com, Target.com, eBay.com, and BestBuy.com and have a percentage of your purchase go directly to the Office of Letters and Light.
Cool thing: Now you can help bring NaNoWriMo magic into the lives of thousands by buying a roll of paper towels from Target!
eBay Giving WorksWhen you sell something on eBay, you can choose to have the Office of Letters and Light receive a percentage of the sale. We're already a registered charity at eBay—you just need to pick us from the list.
Cool thing: The Giving Works program overview points out that sellers actually get more money for an item when bidders know the proceeds will go to charity. It's a win-win situation!
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