Recession-conscious philanthropy
Recession—what an unpleasant word. Unfortunately, we’re kind of in a global one. Aside from the general unpleasantness of recessions, they also make donating money to your favorite nonprofit organizations quite difficult. Fortunately, we’ve come up with some super-sneaky ways to donate to OLL without spending a penny.
1. Vote for The Office of Letters and Light in the Classy Awards! We’re competing against seven other nonprofits to win up to $10,000 for our use of social media, and it’s completely vote-based. It only takes a minute or two—you can find voting instructions on our Donating When Broke page! Voting runs until November 5.
2. Download the Goodsearch toolbar for your internet browser! The nonprofits with the five highest rates of toolbar downloads in the month of October win $1,000 each. Unscientific studies show that people who download toolbars in October are 183% more likely to make it to 50,000 words in November.
3. Participate in the Great NaNoWriMo Book Drive! Bring your old books to write-ins and give them to your ML. If you’re feeling extra-philanthropic, roam your neighborhood and encourage your neighbors to give away their old books, too! Not only are you being sustainable and earth-friendly, you’re giving new life to old books and donating to OLL too! That’s killing about six birds with one stone. Not that we condone killing birds.
4. Sign up for GiftTool and get sponsored! Sponsorship offers you a secure way to fundraise and get some awesome donor goodies—check out our Get Sponsored! page for more information.
5. Volunteer! If you live in the Bay Area, visit our Help Wanted page—it’s regularly updated with fun volunteer opportunities. If not, contact your Municipal Liaison and find out if he/she could use help with regional activities!
Do you have any other clever ways that you donate without spending a dime? Share them with us—we’d love to hear about it!
[Photo by Flickr user dolmansaxlil]
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