Saturday, December 19, 2009
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Beyond FREE & FUN: Free Rice Game
Charity doesn’t have to hurt. Even if you’ve heard about this and tried it in the past, in this season of giving consider spending a little time (and a little brain power...think you’re good at vocabulary...or math, science, geography, art history?) by playing the Free Rice game on the Free Rice site. For every correct answer, the site donates 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. Today I hit 300 grains and got to level 33, and now I plan to play daily through the rest of the month. Wish me luck!
posted by Sustenance Scout at 4:36 PM 2 comments
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- Name:Karen DeGroot Carter
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Mom to three children of mixed-race heritage, I’m an author who’s compelled to write about social concerns. While researching biracial issues for my first novel, ONE SISTER'S SONG (published by Pearl Street Publishing of Denver), I compiled an extensive....
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