Have you heard about “Amazon Smile”? Well, it is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization of your choice.
If you’re like me, and an Amazon Prime member, you’re probably ordering a lot of stuff off Amazon. Especially with the Holidays approaching and during this pandemic. What if you used AmazonSmile instead, and listed your charity as Candlewood Valley Trout Unlimited? I listed CVTU as my charity and have been using AmazonSmile exclusively since the summer of 2019. A few others in our chapter have jumped on board in the last 6 months. In the year and a half that our small group has been using AmazonSmile, we’ve generated $29.47 in donations. I know that doesn’t sound like much, but it didn’t cost us anything and if 50 of us were on board, we would generate at least 5 times as much. That could pay for an event like our summer BBQ or a nice auction item for our banquet.
AmazonSmile is easy to setup. Just click on this link, which will take you to AmazonSmile and automatically set up CVTU as your charity; https://smile.amazon.com/ch/06-1496855. Once your setup you can bookmark the site and add it to your favorites, so it’s easy to find when you’re ready to shop.
Please note that you don’t have to be a Prime member to use AmazonSmile, and of course you don’t have to list CVTU as your charity. Pick whoever you want as a charity or share the wealth with CVTU. You can change charities back and forth whenever you want.
If you want more information about AmazonSmile or need help getting set up, please email me at grt4dead@hotmail.com, or ask your questions in the “Comments” section below.
Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, and tight lines!
Mark McBeth, CVTU Webmaster