Donating to MC Foundation

sunny · Post by **sunny** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 3:14 pm

I switched the recipient of my Amazon purchases donations to our own MC foundation a while ago and up to August had donated $200 ....I was surprised because it was painless giving!
If you use Amazon and aren't aware of their facilitating donations to groups you choose, go to the Amazon website and learn more...it's a painless way to give to charities....I rotate among 3 charities...4 months worth of purchases for each .....
Check it out!
Sunny

Pam V · Post by **Pam V** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 4:10 pm

Hey Sunny,

What a great tip ~ I use Amazon all the time. Can you tell me how to find the link to do this? I have a Prime membership and am checking all the drop down menus but not finding anything.

Thank you!
Pam

starfire · Post by **starfire** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 4:56 pm

You have to sign in using Amazon Smile. You get to pick your charity or whatever during original sign up. If you forget and sign into Amazon direct, you purchase won't count. I almost never forget now to go through Smile.

Erica P-G · Post by **Erica P-G** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 5:12 pm

https://smile.amazon.com/?ie=UTF8&ref_= ... e_rl_rd_gw

I just checked mine and it says $216 donated as of August 2017, and $6 since November 2017....I sure hope Tex is actually getting these funds.

Marcia K · Post by **Marcia K** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 5:55 pm

I use smile every time I order from Amazon. If only I can get my son to remember to go on the smile first as he orders much more than I do. I love that the foundation is getting a percentage of my orders. I even have my co-workers going on smile when they order things for work.

brandy · Post by **brandy** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 6:07 pm

We have some folks really struggling with this disease. Every donation helps be it purchasing through Smile.Amazon or making a year end donation directly on the Foundation website. Our foundation is the only foundation whose mission is to help folks with MC. Our board members are unpaid volunteers who are also stricken with MC.

TXBrenda · Post by **TXBrenda** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 8:16 pm

Today I logged onto Amazon to order. I had the items in my cart when I remembered about Amazon Smile. I opened a new window and logged into Amazon Smile. Those two items were in the Smile cart. I finalized my order there. When it was completed, it said I had donated to my charity.

Maybe if you log onto Smile before the order is completed, you can still get credit for your purchase.

humbird753 · Post by **humbird753** » Wed Nov 08, 2017 1:08 pm

Thank you for mentioning this, Sunny. I placed an order today through Amazon Smile, and chose Microscopic Colitis Foundation to receive donations from my purchases. And, also a thank you to Erica for posting the link.

Paula

sunny · Post by **sunny** » Wed Nov 08, 2017 10:13 pm

Hi Pam... you know how they say you can't see for looking? Well, as an example....look at the bottom of this page when you write a message and then hit the submit button...look about 4-5 inches and there's a big block that says support the MC foundation and a like to,smile.amazon.com....
So easy to link to.....
Sunny

Deb · Post by **Deb** » Thu Nov 09, 2017 6:42 am

I wonder if that amount isn't the total that's been donated. Mine also says $216.50 through August with my donations $16.23. If that's the case we need a lot more people to sign up. It really is a simple way to help. Deb

Post by **tex** » Thu Nov 09, 2017 12:04 pm

If I recall correctly, the amount donated is one-half of one percent (0.5 % or 0.005 times the amount of the purchase).

IOW, to put it into perspective, if you purchase $100.00 worth, they will donate $0.50 to the MCF.

Tex

brandy · Post by **brandy** » Thu Nov 09, 2017 3:27 pm

Ka-ching. I just bought a couple of more things on Smile.Amazon. Great support for the Microscopic Colitis Foundation

brandy · Post by **brandy** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:25 am

Bump, Please, Please support our MC foundation which is an all volunteer foundation (No one is paid.)

brandy · Post by **brandy** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:05 am

bump.....This is a good time of year to support our Microscopic Colitis foundation.

Patricia · Post by **Patricia** » Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:09 am

You can also make a donation here:

https://www.microscopiccolitisfoundatio ... -help.html

It is very easy to set up an automatic monthly donation!

Happy Holidays to everyone!

I feel a bit guilty because I have not checked in very often....

Love, Patricia