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Excellently crafted post about an excellently conceived method for helping the hungry! I love the Free Rice website!
Though I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to visit, my top score was 2,000 grains in a single sitting--not enough to beat your score of 2,840, but still quite a feat, since that involved correctly defining 200 words! (As I recall, my vocabulary levels were roughly the same as yours, though I'd have to go back and check my "Improve Your Vocabulary, Feed the Hungry" post to be sure.)
Keep up the good work of telling people about this great way to help feed the hungry and coming up with innovative ways of encouraging them to participate!
Another great site is The Hunger Site, a click-to-give site which is absolutely free and provides sponsor donations to help feed the hungry every time a visitor clicks the "give" button. (Each visitor can click once a day.) It's part of a bank of six different click-to-give sites that provide free donations to various charitable causes. (You may have seen the post on my blog back in December.)
Love this post!
Jeanne
Project Job Search
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But I got so caught up in it I didn't realise how long I'd been going!
4320 grains on level 46.
I'll be visiting that site again no doubt. Glad you found a way to save the world!
Michaelie
Books Are For Losers
I've cut and pasted this from FreeRice's FAQ page:
Who pays for the donated rice?
The rice is paid for by the advertisers whose names you see on the bottom of your vocabulary screen. This is regular advertising for these companies, but it is also something more. Through their advertising at FreeRice, these companies support both learning (free vocabulary for everyone) and reducing hunger (free rice for the hungry). We commend these companies for their participation at FreeRice.
If FreeRice has the rice to give, why not give it all away right now?
FreeRice is not sitting on a pile of rice―you are earning it 20 grains at a time. Here is how it works. When you play the game, advertisements appear on the bottom of your screen. The money generated by these advertisements is then used to buy the rice. So by playing, you generate the money that pays for the rice donated to hungry people.
Does FreeRice make any money from this?
No, it does not. FreeRice runs the site at no profit.
Go Michaeilie, obviously your vocab is much more delicious than mine - I couldn't get above level 44.... nice work. Thanks Jeanne for your lovely comments. How did you go Amy? So far looks like Michaelie's definitely our winner...
Jo