Christmas shopping for a better world

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 10, 2008 -- The world’s biggest website for online charity shopping offers online-shoppers the opportunity to support their favourite charitable organisation, when shopping via their website. Shoppers can buy almost anything their heart desires in the hundreds of shops that are registered on the website – from clothes and home ware to financial and technology products, food, books and online services.

As simple as it gets

The concept is simple; all you have to do is to download and install the AidMaker plug-in from aGoodCause.com. Whenever you visit an online-shop which is registered at aGoodCause.com a percentage of the spend will automatically be donated to your chosen charity. Hundreds of charity organisations world-wide have already teamed up with aGoodCause.com, who just recently launched their concept in the US, UK, Germany, Holland, France, Italy and Sweden.

Originating in Denmark the concept has proven its worth by donating more than $ 650000 to Danish charities since the foundation in 2004.

Co-founder Mads Ellegaard says: “Especially at Christmas everyone spends more money than usual. At the same time our thoughts go to those less fortunate than ourselves. By using AidMaker, shoppers can both spend and give at the same time. The shops make the donations but you decide where the money goes.

What’s your favourite cause?

Among the more than 200 charities already signed up to receive donations in the US are PATH, ASPCA, actionaid and The Climate Group. Whatever you want to support, it should be possible to find the right organisation on the website.

More than 900 retailers have agreed to donate a percentage of each online transaction to worthy causes – amongst these are for instance Icelandair, Starbucks, Dell, National Geographic and Norton. For a complete list of shops and charities, go to aGoodCause.com.

Further information:
Co-founder Mads Ellegaard, phone: +45 70 277 378, e-mail: mads@agoodcause.com, www.agoodcause.com

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