‘Tis the season, and many of us are relinquishing the long lines at our local retailers to stay home and cyber shop on the couch instead. Even the shipping time takes barely the blink of an eye, with companies like Amazon offering their Prime service, delivering in 48 hours or sometimes even 24. Uh-mazing!
For better or for worse, amazon.com has changed the way we shop. Yes, more waste (ohhhh the cardboard, says Ecomama … thank goodness I can at least recycle it). But yes, more convenience. More selection. In some cases, the only selection: there have been times I could not find an item locally and could only find it on Amazon. First world problems. But still.
We mourn the rise of the box store/franchise and the subsequent decline of the mom and pop shop, but when you shop on Amazon, sometimes you are in fact supporting a small business that just has a little less proximity to you personally.
But I digress from the point of this post. Here’s the good part: If you’re going to be shopping on amazon.com for any reason, simply type in smile.amazon.com instead, and you’ll be taken to exactly the same website, except now .5% of your purchase goes to the charity of your choice. So nice!!!
There is a loooong list of charities from which to choose; some national, some local. Animals, children, veterans, educational funds … so many ways to make a small difference. Why not let a portion of your purchase help someone? Seems like a no brainer to me!
And this isn’t just at holiday time. It’s all the time. Anytime you find yourself tapping those computer keys to bring you over to amazon.com, just tap a few more keys and make it smile.amazon.com . You can feel warm and fuzzy inside knowing that someone is smiling on the other end of that transaction, all thanks to you.
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