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roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
Sat Jun 28, 2014, 11:09 PM Jun 2014

Here's your chance to do good now. Please read this and consider helping

Buzzfeed listed 25 apps for your phone that if you use them real help is delivered to people in need. There are 25 listed with links and here are some of them. One of them helps you ID modified food. Go here to see"

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicaprobus/free-apps-that-are-making-the-world-a-better-place

25 Free Apps That Are Making The World A Better Place Change the world with just one click.

EXAMPLES:

1. Feedie turns #foodporn into lunches for kids.

Feedie / Via takepart.com

For every food photo taken at a participating restaurant and shared via social media, 25 cents will be donated to the app’s nonprofit parent company, The Lunchbox Fund, which provides meals to students in rural South Africa. Currently available for iPhones. See restaurant list and get the app here.

2. Donate a Photo gives $1 for every photo you share via their free app.

Save the Children teamed up with Johnson & Johnson to create this app where your photo shares equal donations. You can donate up to one photo a day, and they will never be used for commercial purposes. Available for iPhone.

3. HTC Power to Give lets you donate your phone’s spare computing power for scientific research.

By downloading the app, plugging in your Android phone and connecting to Wi-Fi, your phone’s spare computing power becomes part of a huge grid that provides power to a scientific project of your choice, like researching cures for cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, AIDS, or understanding climate change, or searching for extra-terrestrial life. More info here.

4. Charity Miles donates money to your favorite charity for every mile you walk, run or bike

By tracking your progress and donating for each mile, this free app allows you to make every step count. Once you pick your charity and upload your results to social media, Charity Miles will donate 10 cents per mile for biking and 25 cents per mile for walkers and runners. Available for iPhone and Android.

5. GoodGuide helps you find healthy, socially responsible products while you shop.

The app’s barcode scanning feature lets you quickly access GoodGuide’s science-based health, environment and social ratings for over 170,000 products available in the U.S. Available on iTunes and Google Play.

6. Check In For Good is like FourSquare where each check-in raises money.

checkinforgood.com

When you check-in at participating businesses, that business donates $1 to a cause of your choosing and in turn you get coupons and incentives to go back again. Win-win. Available for iPhone and Android.

The rest are there. You can change the world for someone by not even leaving the chair you are sitting in.

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