3 Sites for…Fun Ways to Give Back

Check out entertaining websites that also donate money to charities

Courtesy of FreeRice.com
Charity doesn't always have to mean giving time and money. Nowadays, many websites make it fun (and easy) to give back at no cost to you. Whether you want to challenge yourself to quizzes, indulge in a little online retail therapy or just kill some time on the Web, these three sites will let you enjoy yourself while giving back to people in need. The best part? Get involved and you'll learn a ton about different causes, which will likely inspire you to do even more good.

Test your word skills and help fight hunger at the same time. When you visit FreeRice.com you'll be given a vocabulary quiz: For each question you answer correctly, 10 grains of rice will be donated through the World Food Program to help end hunger. As you answer, the difficulty level increases, so you can challenge yourself while racking up the rice grains. You can also brush up on a variety of other subjects—including chemistry, math and art—all while donating food to hungry people.

If you like online shopping (and who doesn't?), head to this site to do good without much effort. You don't actually pay anything to Browse For A Cause because merchants affiliated with the site will donate 3 to 5 percent of proceeds to the charity of your choice. All you have to do is install a browser add-on and shop online like you normally would—no additional work required.

This site lets you give clean water to people in developing countries and disaster areas while playing a fun numbers game to test and improve your memory. The site gives you trivia information, then quickly removes the answer. Enter it correctly and you'll donate a cup of water to World Vision, which in turn delivers it to people in need. So far more than 3 million cups of water (and counting!) have been donated.

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