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You can help charities by going to click-to-donate sites, searching with different search engines, using specific e-mails, and much more. All that this entails is a slight change in your current lifestyle online. Potoroo99 has a great thread here, which focuses on click-to-donate sites. I plan on showing ways that you can help once and then forget about it.

Please post and tell me if any links are broken or out of date!
Please let me know if you have anything to add to any of the sections

Join a community focused on helping others.
http://www.standnow.org/

Facebook!
Facebook now has many many applications that are revolved around charities. If you are interested in any of them, feel free to send me a message and I will add you on facebook.

Use your computer idle time to help medical research projects here. You take ten minutes to sign up, and then it runs in the backround whenever your computer is on.
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/
We have a now gaia team here!

Change which IM, e-mail, and search engine you use to donate for free!

http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/ -- Free messenger
http://www.searchkindly.org - Google (100% donated)
http://www.charitycafe.com - Ask Jeeves and Lycos (100% donated)
http://www.theenvironmentsite.org - Mirago (100% donated)
http://www.goodsearch.com - Yahoo (50% donated)
www.planetsave.com – Free email
www.care2.com – Free e-mail

Use eco-friendly household products

Energy efficient lighting
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/1546.html

Select someone that needs a helping hand!
For example:

Do you know of a senior citizen in your neighborhood, that needs a friend or helping hand?
Are you a electrician or plumber, and know of a neighbor that needs repair, but cannot afford one.
Are you a stay at home mom, and know of someone who could use a good meal.
Are you a teenager, and know of a shut-in that needs their pet walked and exercised.

Make this commitment, reach-out and make a difference.

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