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Charity Rewards Network

Charity is compassion in action. Good thoughts, good words, good deeds are the signs of a charitable heart and a compassionate soul. I am very interested in having others express themselves on this idea, this concept, this behavior, attitude, feeling called, ‘Charity’.

While recovering from an injury suffered training Marines, I discovered that charity is in short supply when you need it. That’s because charity is not really what anyone needs to get: Charity is what people need to give. Charity provides a n avenue for expressing that which cannot otherwise find expression. We need more charity in the world.

Imagine if our leaders were all charitable souls. How differently they would approach their offices and their others. Charity is an expression of love. An attitude of caring to repair and empowering to walk on in faith if not in comfort.  Still on target with its original objective, Charity Rewards Network was founded to funnel giving to supported causes.

————– original model using the HELP card ——————–

The model social community cares enough about its own financial problems to creates a perpetual fundraiser in order to achieve a significant financial objective.

Here’s how the perpetual fundraiser and community that cares works:

  1. Businesses pay our members for shopping with them by providing a rebate upon acceptance of the Charity Rewards HERO card.
  2. Our members share at least half of their rebates with their favorite charity.
  3. Charities maximize their donations by promoting the businesses providing rebates to their network.
  4. Charity supporters join together to shop the merchants a pledged amount to achieve a set objective.
What is created is a network of virtuous triangles of support between merchants, consumers and charities. Charity Rewards Network provides the platform that makes it all possible. I am most interested in having our business model examined, criticized, and publicized. I am especially interested in having it looked at for inclusion by TED and BFI, as I believe it is fully compliant with and deserving of the Buckminster Fuller Prize.