You know that feeling that’s best described as being like a kid in a candy store?
That’s how I felt when Chimp, a charitable account system I talked about here, asked if they could give Let ME Out!! $160 to donate to any Canadian charity! Giving to a charity you love feels pretty awesome. Doing it with someone else’s money – how do you beat that?
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This was a great opportunity to test drive their system, and it is as easy as they say. It took me just a few quick clicks to set up my free Chimp account from which I could directly donate to any of the listed charities. Clicking around on their super user-friendly site, I understood why people love Chimp so much they’ve used it to donate more than $32 million to over 3590 charities in this first year of its existence!!
Huge thanks to sponsor Hootsuite; during December, they are absorbing the already-minimal 1% service charge that accompanies a normal transaction. (This is the lowest rate you will find in Canada – elsewhere it’s between 4-7%).
It didn’t take me long to locate my favourite charity, Pandora’s Collective Outreach Society, via Chimp’s Find A Charity link. One click later, Pandora’s Collective ended up with $80 toward their programs, and I ended up with a happy heart!
Oh, but I said they gave me $160, right? Guess who gets the other $80? ONE OF YOU!
Chimp would love to have you try out their system and donate $80 to any Canadian cause that you wish!
To enter to win is almost as quick as using Chimp! The rafflecopter below closes on Friday December 19 at 12 AM (midnight) PST at which time it will randomly draw a lucky winner!
**Please make sure to click I Visited/I Followed/I Commented after completing each task or your entries won’t go in the pot!
If it’s your name, you will have 24 hours from the time I contact you to claim your prize, or another winner will be drawn.
When you claim your prize, all I have to do is click once more from my Chimp account and the money will be transferred to you by email. So easy. So awesome.
Good luck!
Every year I contribute to sick kids and feel that no kid should ever fall sick. Amen.
Love to win it for them.
Amen and good luck, Shilpi! Thanks for entering!
I entered!! This is a great way to donate to Canadian charities!
Isn’t it awesome? I’m very excited about this system! Thanks for entering, Shahina!
What a great idea!
Hi Karen! Thanks for entering! I totally think this is a win-win scenario, too 🙂
What a refreshing and creative idea! Would love to spread the joy to the Boys & Girls Club Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton & Area!
Hi Zafira – I’m sure BGCBBBS would appreciate that! Good luck!
Such a great way to give back during the holiday season!
Hi Kamana! Yes, we all want to do something special for others at this time…and it’s fun to do it when someone hands you the resources, right?
What an awesome contest! I’d like to donate to Lasting MAGIC, a charity I’ve recently begun working with. Their goal is to create some memories and a support system for kids with terminally ill parents. Would love for the money to go to them.
Oh wow, Katie – I had never heard of Lasting MAGIC. What a beautiful organization. Thank you for introducing me to them, and good luck!
I would donate the $80 to ‘My First Wheels’, a Toronto based registered Canadian Charity that provides bikes to children in need!
http://myfirstwheels.ca/
Hi Hyedie – I should have known there’d be bicycles involved in your charity of choice! Thanks for introducing me to them – good luck to you!
What an awesome idea. I would give it to ‘because I am a girl’. Go figure 🙂
XO sarita it’s my girls’ world
Of course, Sarita – that’s a perfect choice! All these great organizations who stand to benefit…my readers are so thoughtful <3
I would donate to Pandora’s Collectives poetry outreach programs.
A lovely choice, Lindsay 🙂 Good luck!
Great contest, Taslim, thanks!
Thanks for entering, Sandra! Good luck!
Just heard about Lasting M.A.G.I.C. That’s where my donation would go 🙂
I’m glad to have found out about Lasting M.A.G.I.C. too, Dulcie! Good luck!
I would donate to Operation Eyesight Canada!
Thanks, Jess! A great cause!
Children’s hospital
The Stollery!! They helped save my son’s life and will never forget the amazing care he received!
I’ll have to look that one up, Amy! Sounds amazing and I’m so grateful your son is ok. Thanks for entering, and good luck!
Covenant House
There are so many I would love to give too. I did not know about this service, it’s so great!