Kurt Shintaku's Blog

If you use Instant Messaging, please consider using Windows Live Messenger. 

By doing so, you have the opportunity to contribute IM-related advertising revenue to a social cause of your own choosing from a list a organizations through a program Microsoft has started called "im".  Here’s the program description:

i’m is a new initiative from Windows Live™ Messenger. Every time you start a conversation  using i’m, Microsoft shares a portion of the program’s advertising revenue with some of the world’s most effective organizations dedicated to social causes. We’ve set no cap on the amount we’ll donate to each organization. The sky’s the limit.

So any time you have an i’m™ conversation using Windows Live Messenger, you help address the issues you feel most passionate about, including poverty, child protection, disease, and environmental degradation. It’s simple. All you have to do is join and start an instant messaging conversation. We’ll handle the donation.

There’s no charge, so join now and put our money where your mouth is.
JOIN HERE:  http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/

I’m personally sending my ad revenue to the American Red Cross. using the "*red+u" signifier in my Display name.  There are several effective organizations that you can make a contribution to including:

*red+u  American Red Cross
*bgca  Boys & Girls Clubs of America
*naf  National AIDS Fund
*mssoc  National Multiple Sclerosis Society
*9mil  ninemillion.org
*sierra  Sierra Club
*help  StopGlobalWarming.org
*komen  Susan G. Komen for the Cure
*unicef  The US fund for UNICEF