Perform A Good Deed While Checking In With CauseWorld
For those of you addicted to earning virtual accolades like badges and being crowned the mayor of your local bakery, it's time to turn that check in fanaticism into something for the greater good with an app called CauseWorld. It's being dubbed the Foursquare of charity and it's something that everyone with an iPhone can easily participate in.
Causeworld is a new charitable process that employs the use of mobile technology and check in services to help in contributing to charitable causes. It works simply by having users check in to nearby businesses just like Foursquare or Gowalla. No purchase is even required. When you walk into a participating business, you'll earn "karma points" for checking in. These points can then be collected and traded in for various causes and in case you needed the virtual perks, you can also get badges too.
Some businesses and sponsors have also set up extra karma perks for users to accumulate additional points. You can earn double the points for checking into grocery stores and even more karmas for scanning specific sponsor related products while there. Essentially, the synergistic effect of sponsors helping to attract patrons to businesses is how Causeworld's sponsors are able to make its contributions to charity. The karma points you accumulate are traded in for various goods deeds, with the sponsors footing the bill. Businesses get foot traffic, you earn the karma points and charities benefit.
There are currently close to 20 different causes where you can contribute your karma points ranging from Red Cross Relief for Haiti, Preventing Child Abuse, or you can even suggest your own cause. The app has also integrated social networking into the cause by connecting with friends on Facebook and sharing in your karma donations. You even earn bonus points for recruitment and doing good is always fun when you can share in the experience.
With Earth Day just a week away and many charities needing support every day, CauseWorld has brought charitable giving into the new tech age and made it simple. It really is easy to make a difference and it doesn't involve anything other than pulling out your device when visiting businesses.
You can start making a difference today by downloading the free Causeworld app on the App Store and start collecting those karma points.
