Care2: the largest website for people who Care2 make a difference, with over 4 million members. We make it easy for you to support the environment, human rights, education, healthy living, women's rights and much more... all in one place!
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Thank you for considering joining Care2 - the largest website for people who Care2 make a difference, with over 4 million members. We make it easy for you to support the environment, human rights, education, healthy living, women's rights and much more... all in one place!
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Care2 is a special community of individuals, organizations and responsible
businesses. Your free membership provides many benefits:
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1. CARE2 CONNECT - Get Connected! Make a Difference!
Get started at:
http://www.care2.com/c2c/
*** Run a non-profit organization? Learn how you can tap into the power of Care2 Connect:
http://www.care2.com/go/z/20731 ***
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2. CLICK TO DONATE - Free!
Help good causes with a click of a button. Your donations are paid for by our website sponsors! Track your daily progress - watch your impact grow through your friends, and their friends. Help every day:
Race for the Rain Forest:
http://rainforest.care2.com - generates donations for the Nature Conservancy
Race for Children in Need:
http://children.care2.com - generates donations for Children International
Race for the Big Cats:
http://bigcats.care2.com - generates donations for the Wildlife Conservation Society
Race for the Oceans:
http://oceans.care2.com - generates donations for Oceana
Race for Pets in Need:
http://pets.care2.com - generates donations for the Humane Society
Race for the Primates:
http://primates.care2.com - generates donations for the Jane Goodall Institute
Climb to End Breast Cancer:
http://breastcancer.care2.com - generates donations for the Breast Cancer Fund
Race to Stop Violence Against Women
http://stopviolence.care2.com - generates donations for Amnesty International
See our Daily Action Site for a simple way to make a difference each day:
http://www.care2.com/dailyaction/
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3. E-CARDS
With over 25,000 free cards, Care2 has one of the web's largest
collections of unique, fun E-Cards. Your membership allows you
to use cool E-Card features such as adding music, viewing the last
20 cards you've sent, an online address book, writing cards for future
sending, sending your photos as E-Cards, etc. Send all your birthday,
holiday and every day cards:
http://www.care2.com/send/
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4. ThePetitionSite - A non-partisan service of Care2.com!
Make your voice heard. Start your own petition or sign petitions from Care2 or our Nonprofit Partners. We deliver sponsored petitions via fax, standard mail, or email to local representatives, members of Congress, and other targets.
With a Care2.com account you can view a summary of petitions you have signed, and use our Quick-Sign feature to take action quickly, and easily! Sign up for our activist alerts and we'll let you know when important opportunities arise.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com
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5. Photo Sharing - Unlimited storage capacity!
Upload and share photos with family, friends, and your online community!
- create online photo albums
- private or public display options
- easy to upload
- easy organizing tools
- easy to share
- all 100% FREE!
http://www.care2.com/c2c/photos
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6. GREEN PAGES ONLINE(tm)
The largest directory of environmentally responsible businesses available
online! Search for over 25,000 products and services from 2,000 green companies screened by the respected Co-Op America Foundation. Support businesses that help the planet!
http://www.care2.com/greenpages/
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7. GREEN THUMBS-UP
Help the environment while you shop online at your favorite stores, AND find out who's green and who's not. Install this helpful tool in seconds, and the next time you visit Amazon or over other 200 screened stores, you'll automatically see the small Thumbs-up icons that tell you when you are effortlessly generating donations! Also you'll see which companies are green and socially
responsible, and which ones aren't. Install this useful tool for free here:
http://www.care2.com/greenthumb/
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8. E-MAIL ACCOUNTS - 100MB free storage!
Over 100,000 members rely on Care2's free e-mail service. Get a fun address such
as @wildmail.com, @peacemail.com, @care2.com and more! We make donations to
good causes every time you use your account. Great features include: vacation
replies, advanced anti-spam message filtering, check other POP email accounts,
12-language spell checker and much more! For those who need a POP account
you may upgrade here:
http://www.care2.com/email/email_options.html
http://www.care2.com/mail.html
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9. HEALTHY LIVING ADVICE
Discover easy everyday solutions for a healthy home, garden, outdoors and self.
We have hundreds of unique tips, recipes and recommendations for non-toxic
living. Our in-house expert and best selling author, Annie B. Bond makes it
easy.
http://www.care2.com/healthyliving/
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10. NEWSLETTERS
Get up-to-date news, activist alerts, tips and more from our large selection of
free newsletters. Find out why over 3 million people subscribe to Care2
newsletters!
http://www.care2.com/newsletters/
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11. MUCH MORE!
Surf the Care2 site to find many more fun and helpful services including:
Biorhythms:
http://www.care2.com/biorhythms/Foto Faceoff:
http://www.care2.com/faceoff/Reminders:
http://www.care2.com/reminders/News and Info:
http://www.care2.com/newsinfo/
Other helpful areas
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Help Center
http://www.care2.com/help/
My Account
http://www.care2.com/c2c/my/edit_basics.html
Care2 Vision
http://www.care2.com/help/general/vision.html
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Oh, did we mention we donate 5% of our website advertising Revenues (not just profits!) to nonprofit organizations? In addition to helping *you* make a difference, we're "walking the walk" every day.
Thank you for making a difference through Care2,
The Care2 Team
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Submitter: Joan Brunwasser
Submitters Website: http://www.opednews.com/author/author79.html
Submitters Bio:
Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of transparency and the ability to accurately check and authenticate the vote cast, these systems can alter election results and therefore are simply antithetical to democratic principles and functioning.
Since the pivotal 2004 Presidential election, Joan has come to see the connection between a broken election system, a dysfunctional, corporate media and a total lack of campaign finance reform. This has led her to enlarge the parameters of her writing to include interviews with whistle-blowers and articulate others who give a view quite different from that presented by the mainstream media. She also turns the spotlight on activists and ordinary folks who are striving to make a difference, to clean up and improve their corner of the world. By focusing on these intrepid individuals, she gives hope and inspiration to those who might otherwise be turned off and alienated. She also interviews people in the arts in all their variations - authors, journalists, filmmakers, actors, playwrights, and artists. Why? The bottom line: without art and inspiration, we lose one of the best parts of ourselves. And we're all in this together. If Joan can keep even one of her fellow citizens going another day, she considers her job well done.
When Joan hit one million page views, OEN Managing Editor, Meryl Ann Butler interviewed her, turning interviewer briefly into interviewee. Read the interview here.
While the news is often quite depressing, Joan nevertheless strives to maintain her mantra: "Grab life now in an exuberant embrace!"
Joan has been Election Integrity Editor for OpEdNews since December, 2005. Her articles also appear at Huffington Post, RepublicMedia.TV and Scoop.co.nz.