Released on = September 27, 2006, 8:06 am

Press Release Author = Charity Guide

Industry = Internet & Online

Press Release Summary = To boost national volunteerism rates, Charity Guide is
leveraging the internet to reach \"would-be volunteers\" on the cause of their
greatest interest and at their moment of greatest willingness to act. The truly
flexible volunteer opportunities featured at CharityGuide.org allow the internet
generation to make a difference at anytime, from anywhere, in as few as 15 minutes.

Press Release Body = Chicago, IL Sept. 27, 2006 -- To boost national volunteerism
rates, Charity Guide is leveraging the internet to reach \"would-be volunteers\" on
the cause of their greatest interest and at their moment of greatest willingness to
act. The truly flexible volunteer opportunities featured at CharityGuide.org allow
the internet generation to make a difference at anytime, from anywhere, in as few as
15 minutes. No advanced planning or registration is required.

Charity Guide calls the approach \"Volunteering On-Demand.\" Their website,
http://CharityGuide.org, makes it possible for:
- busy office workers to volunteer during lunch breaks
- busy college students to volunteer between classes
- busy parents to volunteer after their kids go to sleep
- busy business travelers to volunteer from their hotel rooms

The volunteer projects featured at CharityGuide.org are developed by investigative
journalists who provide specific \"how to\" instructions and hyperlinks that make it
possible to accomplish the service projects in the time promised.

As a result, busy people with unpredictable schedules are finally able to volunteer
for their favorite cause, including animal welfare, children\'s issues, community
development, environmental projection, healthcare, and poverty. The volunteer
projects can be successfully completed: in 15 minutes, in a few hours (once, or each
week), or during a volunteer vacation.

Search Engine Optimization:

Charity Guide uses search engine optimization and other advanced internet promotion
techniques to reach and appeal to prospective volunteers. Most people find the
volunteer opportunities featured at CharityGuide.org when searching for related
topics at Google, Yahoo, or MSN. Others are inspired to volunteer via social media
links in blogs, forums, and web portals.

Trudy Kuehner of Philadelphia found CharityGuide.org via a search at Yahoo. Charity
Guide has \"changed her life\", and, thanks to the volunteer work she has done since
then, the lives of many others. \"With Charity Guide, nobody has the excuse anymore
of not knowing how to volunteer,\" Kuehner said. \"And now, we all have the time.\"

\"Volunteering On-Demand\":

Volunteering On-Demand means that all of the \"15 minute\" and \"few hour\" service
projects featured at CharityGuide.org are entirely flexible and immediately
actionable. They can be accomplished at anytime, from anywhere.

That approach is appreciated by the more than 600,000 \"would-be volunteers\" per year
who are inspired by Charity Guide, including Dee Vasquez of Chicago: \"Charity Guide
showed me how to quickly make a real difference in a sick child\'s life. I love
sending inspirational cards to hospitalized children -- it puts a smile on my face.
Who knew I could touch a child's heart in just 15 minutes?\"

Michael Organ, Executive Director and founder of Charity Guide, says: \"We recognize
that volunteering does as much for the volunteer as it does for the recipients. So,
our focus is leveraging the internet to make it possible for busy people to achieve
a greater sense of meaning and fulfillment in their lives, by helping others.\"

About Charity Guide:

Charity Guide is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting flexible
volunteerism, by inspiring and facilitating acts of kindness. CharityGuide.org
features volunteer service projects that can be accomplished in 15 minutes, a few
hours, or during volunteer vacations.


Web Site = http://CharityGuide.org

Contact Details = Michael Organ
Executive Director, Charity Guide
847.830.0980
organ@charityguide.org