On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:07:05 -0600, bbq > wrote:

> I joined the Kansas City Barbecue Society, so I have permission to shop
> and purchase at Restaurant Depot.

Long story short, I went to the California Barbecue Association and
followed their link to supported charities. I found a local charity
that focuses on supporting exited foster children, so I went to their
web site to see how I could help and found the link to Amazon Smile.

If you're already an Amazon shopper, this is a way for you to "do some
good" while you shop! They have a variety of non-profits to choose
from if you haven't chosen one to support through Amazon already.
http://smile.amazon.com/about Bottom line: if you're shopping at
Amazon anyway, you might as well team up with them and send your
favorite non-profit some monetary support. It will cost you nothing.

I'm hoping this is news to someone who uses Amazon already because it
sounds like a terrific program.

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On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 7:30:55 PM UTC-8, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:07:05 -0600, bbq > wrote:
>
> > I joined the Kansas City Barbecue Society, so I have permission to shop
> > and purchase at Restaurant Depot.
>
> Long story short, I went to the California Barbecue Association and
> followed their link to supported charities. I found a local charity
> that focuses on supporting exited foster children, so I went to their
> web site to see how I could help and found the link to Amazon Smile.
>
> If you're already an Amazon shopper, this is a way for you to "do some
> good" while you shop! They have a variety of non-profits to choose
> from if you haven't chosen one to support through Amazon already.
> http://smile.amazon.com/about Bottom line: if you're shopping at
> Amazon anyway, you might as well team up with them and send your
> favorite non-profit some monetary support. It will cost you nothing.
>
> I'm hoping this is news to someone who uses Amazon already because it
> sounds like a terrific program.
>
> --
> A kitchen without a cook is just a room



I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to the charity I have designated.

On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>
> I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
> while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
> the charity I have designated.

Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
through payroll at work.

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On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
wrote:

> On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> >
> > I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
> > while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
> > the charity I have designated.
>
> Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
> able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
> charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
> through payroll at work.

If you read the link, it tells you:

The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.

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On 2/12/2015 12:33 AM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
> wrote:
>
>> On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
>>> while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
>>> the charity I have designated.
>>
>> Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
>> able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
>> charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
>> through payroll at work.
>
> If you read the link, it tells you:
>
> The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
> your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
>

I think my favorite charities do better with checks from me.

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On 12/02/2015 9:06 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 2/12/2015 12:33 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
>>>> while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
>>>> the charity I have designated.
>>>
>>> Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
>>> able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
>>> charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
>>> through payroll at work.
>>
>> If you read the link, it tells you:
>>
>> The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
>> your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
>>
>
> I think my favorite charities do better with checks from me.
>
Agreed!
However, I'm re-evaluating which ones I favour. I am constantly
bombarded with requests so that I am becoming "charitied-out".
Furthermore, some of the major charities pay obscene salaries to their
CEOs and other senior staff.
Being a "survivor" (Oh, how I hate that term) I give to the major cancer
fund but I'm seriously questioning whether to this year. It's a
bottomless pit.
Graham

Janet Wilder > wrote:
> On 2/12/2015 12:33 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
>>>> while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
>>>> the charity I have designated.
>>>
>>> Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
>>> able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
>>> charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
>>> through payroll at work.
>>
>> If you read the link, it tells you:
>>
>> The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
>> your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
>>
>
> I think my favorite charities do better with checks from me.


That is so true, Janet. I never donate through third party "charities",
including the United Way.
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"sf" wrote in message ...

On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
wrote:

> On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> >
> > I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
> > while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
> > the charity I have designated.
>
> Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
> able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
> charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
> through payroll at work.

If you read the link, it tells you:

The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.

~~~~~

Yes, it clearly shows that 0.5% will be donated, but there is no way to
learn at the end of the year (or quarter) how much the total is. I spend
far too much on Amazon, but I do not keep a running tally that would enable
me to know how much my charity receives. I do the same thing with Kroger,
but they do provide a way to learn the total. This would not change my
spending habits, but it would just be nice to know how much my charity
receives from AmazonSmile.

MaryL

On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:26:03 -0600, "MaryL"
> wrote:

>
>
> "sf" wrote in message ...
>
> On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
> wrote:
>
> > On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
> > > while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
> > > the charity I have designated.
> >
> > Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
> > able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
> > charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
> > through payroll at work.
>
> If you read the link, it tells you:
>
> The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
> your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
>
> ~~~~~
>
> Yes, it clearly shows that 0.5% will be donated, but there is no way to
> learn at the end of the year (or quarter) how much the total is. I spend
> far too much on Amazon, but I do not keep a running tally that would enable
> me to know how much my charity receives. I do the same thing with Kroger,
> but they do provide a way to learn the total. This would not change my
> spending habits, but it would just be nice to know how much my charity
> receives from AmazonSmile.
>
I don't care. I'm not writing it off, so I don't need to keep track.
If I really wanted to, I could go to the past purchases and figure it
out - but I'm not interested in doing that.


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On 2/12/2015 11:26 AM, MaryL wrote:
>
> Yes, it clearly shows that 0.5% will be donated, but there is no way to
> learn at the end of the year (or quarter) how much the total is. I
> spend far too much on Amazon, but I do not keep a running tally that
> would enable me to know how much my charity receives. I do the same
> thing with Kroger, but they do provide a way to learn the total. This
> would not change my spending habits, but it would just be nice to know
> how much my charity receives from AmazonSmile.

I was just wondering the same thing. For tax purposes.

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"Cheryl" wrote in message
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On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>
> I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
> while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
> the charity I have designated.

Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
through payroll at work.

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Cheryl

~~~~~~~
I do the same thing. My charity is also a local cat rescue--the same one
where I adopted Selina and Nikki.

MaryL

On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 9:30:55 PM UTC-6, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:07:05 -0600, bbq > wrote:
>
> I'm hoping this is news to someone who uses Amazon already because it
> sounds like a terrific program.
>
> --
> A kitchen without a cook is just a room

Sounds like a great idea ! I will look and pick something !

On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 08:19:37 -0800 (PST), rosie >
wrote:

> On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 9:30:55 PM UTC-6, sf wrote:
> > On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:07:05 -0600, bbq > wrote:
> >
> > I'm hoping this is news to someone who uses Amazon already because it
> > sounds like a terrific program.
> >
> > --
> > A kitchen without a cook is just a room
>
> Sounds like a great idea ! I will look and pick something !

Don't make any special purchases! Shop at Amazon as little or as much
as you normally do, the only difference is you'll be doing it through
smile.amazon.com so Amazon can donate 0.5% of the total to the charity
of your choice.

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On Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 8:19:40 AM UTC-8, rosie wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 9:30:55 PM UTC-6, sf wrote:
> > On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:07:05 -0600, bbq > wrote:
> >
> > I'm hoping this is news to someone who uses Amazon already because it
> > sounds like a terrific program.
> >
> > --
> > A kitchen without a cook is just a room
>
> Sounds like a great idea ! I will look and pick something !

The nice thing is that Amazon has hundreds of charities available for you to pick from. IF you have a local charity that is not on there, have them sign up.

On 2/12/2015 12:10 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 8:19:40 AM UTC-8, rosie wrote:
>> On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 9:30:55 PM UTC-6, sf wrote:
>>> On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:07:05 -0600, bbq > wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm hoping this is news to someone who uses Amazon already because it
>>> sounds like a terrific program.
>>>
>>> --
>>> A kitchen without a cook is just a room
>>
>> Sounds like a great idea ! I will look and pick something !
>
> The nice thing is that Amazon has hundreds of charities available for you to pick from. IF you have a local charity that is not on there, have them sign up.
>
I think they have to be 503c qualified. Both of my charities I give to are.

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