We're starting to head into the holiday season, which means our collective capitalist guilt tells us it's time to start thinking about the less fortunate for five seconds as we spend $4 on a Frappuccino. Electronics trade-in site VenJuvo.com is now offering its
Trade4Cause program. The program appears to be fairly painless: Pick your console from the list (we did the PS2), get a quote on its value ($35), choose the charity from the dropdown menu to receive the donation, print the shipping label, pack and send. The company tests the product once it's received and donates the payment on your behalf to the charity.
Another nice touch is that if the charity you're looking for isn't on the company's list, there's also the option of filling in the organization's information. Obviously, we're big fans of
Child's Play, but there are plenty of other worthwhile
gamer-centric causes out there. VenJuvo also has a
no-cost recycling program for products that qualify, just in case you're looking to be charitable to our little planet this holiday.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Saria the Cat @ Sep 4th 2008 7:23AM
It's just so beautiful when gaming and charity come together. I enjoy any opportunity to do good, especially if it also helps improve the image of gamers as a group.
Mrevans @ Sep 4th 2008 10:58AM
It's even more beautiful when the "generous" people organizing this drive give you more than 60$ for and Xbox360. Don't be fooled into giving your stuff away in the name of charity, these prices are subpar and obviously self-serving.
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heypaul @ Sep 4th 2008 11:32AM
I was just going to ask, how reliable is the site? Are they actually going to donate everything to charity or they just going to give away half and then "donate" the rest to the site owner's beer fund?