Play, learn, give.  I just learned about FreeRice, a site where you can play a vocabulary game, learn new words, and donate grains of rice for hunger elimination.  Here's their info from their "About Us" page:

FreeRice is a sister site of the world poverty site, Poverty.com.

FreeRice has two goals:

1. Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free.
2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.

This is made possible by the sponsors who advertise on this site.

Whether you are CEO of a large corporation or a street child in a poor country, improving your vocabulary can improve your life. It is a great investment in yourself.

Perhaps even greater is the investment your donated rice makes in hungry human beings, enabling them to function and be productive. Somewhere in the world, a person is eating rice that you helped provide.

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I read about this in a Reuters article which I'm referencing here because it has links to other click-to-give sites, like the ones I wrote about in an earlier post.

Play. Learn. Give. Help.

Merry Christmas!

Mouse Clicks:  Helping to Create Happy Holidays Around the World

In the spirit of Billy's post about supporting BC Children's Hospital, I'd like to direct your attention to a number of websites that, with only the click of a mouse, you can make a difference.  Doesn't cost you a dime.  It's all paid for by advertisers.

The Hunger Site - You click daily, sponsors pay for cups of food.  At the top of the page, there are tabs which link you to The Child Health Site (helps children in poor countries receive preventive medical care); The Rainforest Site (saves rainforest land); The Animal Rescue Site (helps feed animals in shelters); The Literacy Site (helps buy books for children); and The Breast Cancer Site, which pays for mammograms for women in need.  I try to click these every day, at home and at work.  Only one click per computer is counted, but over time, it adds up.  Click at work and click at home.

Also, at EcologyFund.com, you can save up to 107 square feet of land a day, reduce pollution, and save wilderness and animal habitats.  There's about 5 clicks to make, but it takes so little time, so why not expend the minimal effort and make a tiny bit of difference?

These sites also allow you to keep up with how much you have donated, and that makes everyone feel good. 

You know that guy whose birthday we're celebrating around this time of the year?  He said, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."  I'm urging you to click your mouse on these web sites, for the least of them, and remember how much you are blessed.