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Click a button at the hunger site to give food for free to hungry people around the world. You may click the button once per day to give 1.1 cups of staple food. The program costs you nothing (it is paid for by the companies which sponsor the site) and you do not need to register. In 2002 the project funded 47,919,670
cups (about 2,717 metric tons) of food.
For the 2003 end-of-year holiday season, the project has set a goal of funding 6 million cups (1,419 cubic meters) of food in 6 weeks. As of December 5, it has funded 1 million cups (236 cubic meters). |
ongoing: follow the Daily Results link on the main page to see the current stats |
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Click a button at the rainforest site to preserve rainforest around the world. You may click the button once per day to fund the preservation of 11.4 square feet (1.1 square meters). The program costs you nothing (it is paid for by the companies which sponsor the site) and you do not need to register. In 2002
the project preserved 246,852,687 square feet (22,934 square kilometers) of
land.
For the 2003 end-of-year holiday season, the project has set a goal to preserve 75 million square feet (7 million square meters) of rainforest by January 1, 2004. As of December 12, it has preserved 40 million square feet (3.7 million square meters). |
ongoing: follow the Daily Results link on the main page to see the current stats |
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Click a button at the breast cancer site to help fund mammograms for free to needy women around the world. You may click the button once per day to help fund mammograms. The program costs you nothing (it is paid for by the companies which sponsor the site) and you do not need to register. In 2002 the project
provided mammograms for 1,624 women in need.
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ongoing: follow the Daily Results link on the main page to see the current stats |
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Click a button at the animal rescue site to provide food for rescued animals is animal shelters or sanctuaries. You may click the button once per day to fund one bowl of food for a rescued animal. The program costs you nothing (it is paid for by the companies which sponsor the site) and you do not need to register.
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ongoing: follow the Daily Results link on the main page to see the current stats |
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Click a button at the child health site to help prevent life-threatening diseases, restore vision to blind children, and enable child amputees to walk. You may click the button once per day. The program costs you nothing (it is paid for by the companies which sponsor the site) and you do not need to register. In
2002 the project helped 191,013 children in need.
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ongoing: follow the Daily Results link on the main page to see the current stats |
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Click a button at
Care2's Race for the Rainforest to
save 23.4 square feet (2.2 square meters) of endangered rainforest, marine
wetlands, or American prairie. All donations from the program go to
The Nature Conservancy. You may click
the button once per day to help preserve endangered land. The program costs
you nothing (it is paid for by the companies which sponsor the site) and you
do not need to register. The program is run by
Care2.
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ongoing: 440,875 racers have supported 179,487,665 sq. ft. (11,624,790 sq. meters) as of September 2, 2003 |
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Click a button at
Care2's Race for the Big Cats to
save 0.3 acres (1,214 square meters) of habitat for endangered tigers, jaguars
and snow leopards. You may click the button once per day to help preserve
endangered land. The program costs you nothing (it is paid for by the
companies which sponsor the site) and you do not need to register. The
program is run by Care2.
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ongoing: 216,151 racers have supported 20,220 sq. miles (32,613 sq. Km) as of September 2, 2003 |
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Click a button at
Care2's Race for the Ocean
to fund donations for Oceana's
ocean protection network. You may click the button once per day to help
preserve protect the world's oceans. The program costs you nothing (it is
paid for by the companies which sponsor the site) and you do not need to
register. The program is run by Care2.
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ongoing: 53,243 Racers have swum 25,182 miles (39,347 kilometers) as of September 2, 2003. See daily kilometers swum |
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Click a button at
Care2's Race for the Primates to
generate donations to Jane Goodall's primate protection programs at the
Jane Goodall Institute.
You may click the button once per day to help protect endangered primates.
The program costs you nothing (it is paid for by the companies which sponsor
the site) and you do not need to register. The program is run by
Care2.
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ongoing: 42,206 Racers have fed 2,799,391 pieces of fruit as of September 2, 2003. See daily donations |
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ongoing: 31,397 Racers have helped 1,236,727 pets as of September 2, 2003. See daily donations |
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ongoing: 13,023 Racers have supported children for 99,848 days as of December 23, 2003. See daily donations |
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Click buttons at
EcologyFund.com to do the following
things:
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ongoing: 45.5 square miles (11,636 hectares) saved |
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The counter near the top of the page displays the number of square meters of rainforest which have been destroyed since you loaded the page. |
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Shop online through
iGive.com and donate a percentage of your purchases (up to 27%) to your
favorite charity.
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ongoing: see donations sent in the last 120 days |
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Find links to many click-to-donate sites at
DonationJunction.com.
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To participate in the project, click on one or more of the signs on the sign-post on the main page. Your clicks will save 2 square meters of land per project. You can only click once per day per project. "Salva la sua CASA" means "Save its house." The three projects listed on the main page are:
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Click a button at
Wildglobe.com to save Mexican
Rainforest (the
Calakmul Biosphere Reserve). You may click the button once per day to
save 4.4 square feet of land. The program costs you nothing (it is paid for
by the companies which sponsor the site) and you do not need to register.
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Click a button at
Clear Landmines to clear
landmines around the world for free. You may click the button once per day
to clear 63 cm2 of land. The program costs you nothing (it is
paid for by the companies which sponsor the site) and you do not need to
register. Money raised by the program is given to the
Canadian Landmine Foundation
to help fund the removal of landmines.
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Click your favorite American football (gridiron)
team's helmet at Click for
Cans (TM) to donate a can of Campbell's
Chunky soup to a "variety of hunger relief charities across the [United
States]." After you click a helmet, you need to type in a validation code
to prove you are a human :-) You may click a helmet once per day to donate
one can of soup. The program costs you nothing (it is paid for by Campbell's
Soup and the American National Football League (NFL)) and you do not need to
register. The project hopes to donate 5,000,000 cans.
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4,379,875 cans donated as of December 24, 2003 | N/A | |
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