A new program brings Charity into online Bingo
One thing that the Internet seems to have changed for the worse is the traditional connection between charitable fundraising and Bingo. A new Internet venture aims to rekindle the flame.
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| A new program brings Charity into online Bingo |
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Bingo has traditionally been an important means to recruit funds for important social causes. Churches, schools, charitable organizations and fund-raising groups have been using Bingo to successfully raise funds for important social causes for decades.
With origins traced back to 16th century Italy, the game then called Beano arrived in the U.S. only in 1929, where it was soon christened as Bingo by a New York salesperson. Its popularity started growing rapidly however when a Catholic priest from Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania started using Bingo as a way to raise church funds. His success was quickly copied by many churches and organizations nation-wide.
Being a social game by nature, Bingo turned out to be an ideal means for raising funds. Participators enjoy socializing in a fun and entertaining atmosphere as well as the thrill of the balls falling, thereby receiving 'value' for their donations.
In today's fast-paced world, a new chapter in the history of Bingo is being written with more and more people choosing to play Bingo on the Internet from the comfort of their home. In this new setting, Bingo remains primarily a social game with players forming virtual communities as they play, but sadly the connection to charity has been all but lost. Software companies are now the operators of the virtual halls instead of churches and non-profit organizations.
Recently, a number of Internet veterans have decided to try to bring the spirit of charitable giving back into the game. To this end, they formed Bingohelps.com. The new Internet venture has undertaken to donate at least 10% of whatever its members spend on online Bingo to charitable causes chosen by the members themselves.
The program's beneficiaries include a wide range of respected non-profit organizations that focus on issues that range from dealing with world hunger, to reforesting North America, to caring for alley cats in the UK.
The staff has made efforts to keep the process as hassle-free as possible. Just clicking a link on the home-page is enough to join and make donations for as long as the members continue to play, but a simple registration allows members to choose the cause closest to their heart and to receive e-mail reports about their giving, including documentation of the donations.
To learn more about this special program, go to http://www.bingohelps.com.
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