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Great Website For Teaching Kids About Giving And Charity.

Posted by david | March 21, 2008

markmakers.jpg I just came across this fantastic website that teaches kids the value of choosing charities that match their interests and allocating their money to their choices. The company is called markmakers.org, and adults buy the kids what amounts to a debit card that works on the site, and the kids get to “shop” the different charities. They can choose how much to give to each charity, and the website allows them to either give all their money to a single charity or lets them allocate their money across several in denominations as little as $1.00. It’s actually quiet brilliant and I wish I had kids to set up an account for. According to the site, “They can spread their funds among more than 40 needs/causes such as vaccines, medicine, & eyecare, or saving animals, rain forests & coral reefs. ” Cool, huh? The website is interactive and if it was fun for me to make the monkey “talk”, I can imagine kids would have a good time on the site. I think it is very important for kids to learn about giving as early as possible, and this teaches them money management as well. My wife is thinking of getting her kids at school involved by throwing a fundraiser and then letting the kids choose which charities they want to give to. markmakers.org

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    4 Comments so far
    1. Mom March 22, 2008 2:24 pm

      What a cool idea. I will have to check out that website.

    2. Waiting for My CFA Material and Linking to You | Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning March 23, 2008 8:33 am

      [...] My Two Dollars talks about a great website for teaching kids about giving and charity! [...]

    3. Weekend Linkage - March 23, 2008 | The Suns Financial Diary | A Personal Finance Blog on Saving and Investing March 23, 2008 7:16 pm

      [...] Great Website For Teaching Kids About Giving And Charity at My Two Dollars The company is called markmakers.org, and adults buy the kids what amounts to a debit card that works on the site, and the kids get to “shop” the different charities. If you found information on this Diary helpful, please subscribe to the RSS feed, or enter your email below to receive daily update. Your address is secure and will only be used to deliver the contents of this Diary. [...]

    4. Bernard Ng March 24, 2008 12:00 am

      Thanks for the share. I will definitely check out the site.
      Charity can be fun for the kids! Cheers!

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