Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Charity, Charity Miles, Feeding America, hurricane sandy, iPhone, marathon, New York City Marathon, New York City Marathon 2012, NYC, NYCM, running, Staten Island on November 4, 2012| 3 Comments »
There was so much more that I didn’t document while I was out there running my unofficial New York City Marathon…hopefully I will get around to it sometime soon, but in the meantime, this was my iPhone’s experience today!
all photos (except for Staten Island shots – which were downloaded), videos, notes and editing done on the iPhone – thank you Steve Jobs.
Posted in motivation, tagged Achilles International, Autism Speaks, Bike, Charity, Charity Miles, Feeding America, Free Money, fund raising, Habitat for Humanity, Pencils of Promise, run, sponsor, Sponsorship, The Global Fund, The Michael J Fox Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Walk, World Food Programme on September 18, 2012| 9 Comments »
Morning run.
Bike ride to work.
Walking the dog.
Do these sound like fund raisers? Well, they can be.
And it is seriously that simple. There is a fantastic little app, available on both iPhones and Android devices, called Charity Miles. It allows you to be sponsored during whatever walking, biking or running activity you take part in. The best part is that you are not limited to one or two charities to choose from. You can choose from nine charities that are varied in what they do:
You simply start the app, swipe to the charity of your choice, press start and go. For each mile you walk or run, you earn 25¢ for your charity of choice. For every mile you bike, you earn 10¢. It may not sound like a lot, but it adds up. If every runner at Boston 13.1 had used the app, nearly $5000 would have been raised simply with swipe of a finger. In the short time I have been using the app, I’ve raised enough money to fund nearly 5 hours of autism research. Think about how much you move throughout the day. Whether it’s your morning run, walking the kids to school, biking to work, walking the dogs three times a day…every step can count; every errand can be a fund raiser. The only work you have to do is the work you were already going to be doing!
Charity Miles has $1,000,000.00 to give away.
One. Millions. Dollars.
That’s a lot of dollars. Their goal is to give it all away by May 31, 2013.
Food, school supplies, Parkinson’s research, conservation, housing, inclusion…whatever your charitable cause may be (and of course, if you have no preference, I’d say go light blue!), you can help each of these charities earn a chunk of the millions dollars simply by moving you body.
This is how it works:
This is Gene’s (the founder) story:
It’s a free app, paying you to do what you were already going to do. The more people who do this, the more money our charities earn, the bigger impact we have.
So if you run, walk, bike, skip, shuffle, dance or moonwalk your way around your neighborhood or to and from work, take a moment to download the app. You’re going to do those activities anyway, why not get paid for it!
And who knows, you might end up in a cool email like the one that arrived in my inbox early last night:
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