Some highlights of recent GoodSearch funding recipients include:

* The ASPCA has now earned $22,000
* The Bubel/Aiken Foundation has earned $10,500
* The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has earned $10,200
* St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has earned $8,300
* Stevens Point Area High School has earned $1,700
* Save Darfur has earned $9,600

Some highlights of GoodShop success stories include:

* A $7,100 purchase was placed at Gaiam.com, which resulted in a $284 donation to the Motion Mania Dance Theater in Gaithersburg, Maryland
* A shopper made a $432 purchase at online shoe store Zappos.com, resulting in a $26 donation to the Berkshire Humane Society
* A $4,700 order was placed at Adobe Software, earning Capri Elementary School in California $191
* An $80 order at 123inkjets.com generated an $11 donation for the US Campaign for Burma 

Help Women & Girls through the WGC by Simply Clicking on a Link and/or Purchasing Online!

By simply using the internet search tool GoodSearch, you can help earn money for the WGC.  Each time a search is performed through GoodSearch (as opposed to Google, for example), the WGC earns 1.3 cents – it’s fast and easy!   

And, by making online purchases at stores such as Target and Staples through GoodShop, the WGC can earn up to 37% of the total purchase.

Visit www.GoodSearch.com and www.GoodShop.com and enter in “Columbia Foundation” where it says "Who do you GoodSearch" and "Who do you GoodShop" for.

In the last year, through GoodSearch, nonprofits such as the ASPCA, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Save Darfur, have earned anywhere from $10,000 – $22,000 through the efforts of their supporters.   And, nonprofits such as a dance theater and an elementary school PTA had supporters make purchases through GoodSearch that resulted in donations of several hundred to several thousand dollars!

This holiday season and beyond, please consider searching through GoodSearch and shopping through GoodShop to help women and girls in Howard County!

Also, you can easily add GoodSearch and GoodShop to your computer toolbar and you can set GoodSearch or Goodshop to be your homepage.  Learn how here:  www.GoodSearch.com, and www.GoodShop.com
    
Thank you for considering how to assist women and girls in Howard County through the WGC by using GoodSearch and GoodShop!