Free Rice

Self improvement and volunteer work are another two things that many Pagans find important; they rank pretty highly on my importance meter for spirituality. While it is a stretch to call it volunteer work, self improvement is rather spot on for the site Free Rice. This is a site hosted by the UN. The basic idea is to go to the site and "play" the vocabulary game. For every answer you get correct the UN will donate 10 grains of rice to help stop world hunger. So, not only are you helping to stop world hunger, you are also improving your vocab skills.

When I first heard about this site I thought it might be a hoax, or at least there might be a little something else behind it all. The first place I always check when I get that feeling is www.snopes.com, sure enough, this is the real deal. If you play it enough you can be making a difference in peoples lives. The amount that I've "donated" is quite minimal, however when you look at the stats for the day, the more people that participate, the more food gets served to people. I think no matter how small, ever little bit counts. The snopes link above for "the real deal" tells how the site can donate based on correct answers.

Have fun learning!!