GoodSearch.com is a website that enables you to give monetary donations to charity without taking any money out of your own pocket. 

After registering with GoodSearch, you designate a charity you want them to donate money to.  Then, with every online search you conduct, GoodSearch will donate 50% of its revenues earned from those searches to your designated charity.

The money comes from GoodSearch's advertisers, as people click on ads at the GoodSearch website. You can also set up buttons on your website to invite others to search, shop and donate money to your favorite charities.

We estimate that each web search will generate approximately $0.01 for the designated charity or school (image, video and site-specific searches are not included). It quickly adds up!

One of my brothers played the lottery every single day.  He spent at least $5 every day, plus a couple of extra dollars for goodies and treats from the store since he was there anyway. 

He was also a poor man due to a lifelong illness, so this ate up a good deal of his limited monthly budget.  He would win a lottery or scratch-off card for a large amount once or twice a year.  When I say a large amount, I mean a thousand dollars or so.  In my estimation, he was breaking even at best.
 
My brother would often call me with a tip.  “Play the lottery today,” he would tell me, and he would give me numbers to play.  I would tell him “No” and we would argue a bit about why lotteries did or did not make sense.  We would always end the conversation with him telling me that he would buy me a house when he won, and then I’d believe in the lottery system.  Sadly, he passed away before that happened.  He never struck it rich, and I never got my house. 

While I find I am truly gifted at squeezing blood from a proverbial stone, I have one major weakness.  I love magazines. 

I have a couple of subscriptions, usually purchased through neighborhood kids at a discount.  I also hear Woman's World and First calling my name whenever I am in the grocery aisle.  I have no self-control over my magazine habit.  That is, until now. 

In this free online game, you try to help one family that has a simple home and a farm that earns them a little money.

The game takes place over 4 years and 16 seasons (example: rainy season).

Your goal is to help the family as they confront the 'cost of life' and strive to have a better life.

(Think along the lines of Sim City.)

A lot of people have been looking for ways to fold money.

I don't know why it is, but this subject has always intrigued me too. The closest I ever came to folding money into creative shapes was in high school when we used to fold dollar bills into the shape of triangles (we didn't know how to fold dollars into the shape of footballs). Then we would try to flip our dollar triangles through fake field goals.

Anyway, here are some fun ways to turn your dollar bills into fun and creative shapes...

They showed these photo personalized Macy's gift cards on The View today.

Everyone on the show was really excited about them, so I thought I'd check 'em out online and see what all the hype was about.

What comes around goes around... even in the world of donations.

Kevin Bacon has put his "Six Degrees of Separation" to good use in a very charitable way.

And you can get involved, too.

...It's fun!!!