charity

So, as I wrote just over a month ago, I joined the social networking charity site, SocialVibe. The premise is that you create a profile, pick a charity (I chose One Laptop Per Child), and some sponsors. You earn points through participating on the website, and the posting of badges on your websites and other social networking profiles (such as Facebook). Those points translate into donations which the sponsors pay to the charity you’ve chosen.

As you can see, I have two of those badges in the sidebar of this blog, and on my MySpace profile as well. All of these have given me near 6000 points for my charity, which I’m quite proud of.

To add incentive for participating individuals, particular sponsors hold competitions for prizes, where you earn entries depending on how long your badges are visible. Prizes range from DVDs, USB flash drives, and so forth. Sponsors use the badges to promote THEMSELVES, while donating to charity.
If someone reaches the 2000 points mark, they qualify for a pink ball. The pink ball is the mascot of SocialVibe as you can see in their logo on the site, and serves as a physical reward for helping your charity. You apply for the ball, and within a month it comes in the mail. Along with it, a small card congratulating you on your effort towards helping people, a SocialVibe wristband, and a sticker, and of course, the pink stress ball you can see in the photo above. The whole concept is excellent, and if you want to help charity, and get a squishy pink spherical object for your efforts, I implore you to join. Raising money for your cause is practically effortless, and it feels good to help someone less fortunate than yourself.

If you are curious, here is a link to my profile. If you’re a member of the site, add me as a friend so I can check out how you’re helping.

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I’ve always been aware that Novephel is an active member of SocialVibe, and that the site is essentially a social networking site that lets you earn points, which add up to donations towards a charity of your choice. I also recall him asking me to join the site. My answer to that was “Yeah, definitely” and was followed by me doing absolutely nothing towards that.
However, after seeing his blog post, I remembered, and decided to join today. It’s certainly interesting, and really easy to gather points, with most of what you CAN do contributing to your total points, including adding photos and updating your status. The forums are a giant cliché of message board posts, with all the classic “What Are You Listening To?”, “Your Favourite Bands”, and “Word Association” threads you expect in practically any message boards.
As you can probably notice; my sidebar is looking a little cluttered now with the addition of the SocialVibe badge, but it’s all part of getting the message out and gathering points towards the One Laptop Per Child charity. Why is there a band on it? Because each member picks a sponsor to help them support the charity they’ve chosen; I saw Rise Against, and since I like the band, went with them.

You can view my profile here, and if you want to participate and join SocialVibe, do it through this link, so I get extra points towards OLPC, every bit helps!

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Squishy Pink Balls.

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