HERB - Fw: This site is for real.

[Christine A Seelye-King]

Thank you for the URL for this site.  It is quite legit, the money goes
to the United Nation's World Food Program, and can be clicked on once per
day per person(email address?) to get a cash donation equivalent to 1 1/2
cups of rice, wheat, maize, etc.  Clicking on "Donate Free Food" takes
you to a page of the sponsor's logos, you actually have to click on the
logos to be taken to their site for an advertisement.  Definately worth
doing daily.  
	Christianna
	happy to be able to feed so easily!

On Sat, 4 Sep 1999 14:12:09 -0700 "Danie'l Twombly" <tarna at tic1.net>
writes:
> Ok I hate Spamming people but this one is for a good cause. It is to 
> help feed needy children.. and yes it is legit....
> Please Click and send to as many people as you know so we can all 
> help.
> Brightest blessings
> Tarna
>
> > > >Hello Guys~
> > > >
> > > >I don't normally do this sort of thing but if every little bit 
> helps, please pass this on. This site is for real.  It has been 
> checked out by the sources below, and on the urban legends.com site.
> > > >
> > > >Mike

> > > >  Dear Guide:
> > > >
> > > >  I received this message today and did not find it listed on 
> your current hoaxes, etc. page. Have you heard of this? It can't
possibly be legit...
> > > >
> > > >      Subject: FWD: The Hunger Site
> > > >
> > > >      This looks like it's for real and it's a really
> > > >      neat website! All you do is click a button and
> > > >      somewhere in the world some hungry person gets
> > > >      a meal to eat at no cost to you. If you look
> > > >      carefully at the map that every time someone
> > > >      dies of hunger - India blinks the most..... The
> > > >      food is paid for by corporate sponsors. All you
> > > >      do is go to the site and click.
> > > >
> > > >      Visit the site and pass the word.
> > > >
> > > >      http://www.thehungersite.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  Dear Reader:
> > > >
> > > >  You can't be blamed for being skeptical. There's not much to
> > > >differentiate this warm, fuzzy offer from the dozens of "forward
this to everyone you know" scams and hoaxes already out there. It even
appears to promise something for nothing, usually a classic sign.
> > > >
> > > >  On closer examination, however, this Website turns out to be 
> unique. The  Hunger Site doesn't ask much of you, but it does require
that you view a small blurb from one of its sponsors when you click the 
> button to make a donation. In exchange for that exposure, the sponsors
contribute funds which are channeled to reputable international programs
to feed the hungry. All the available evidence indicates that the Hunger
Site, founded by private citizen John Breen as a personal contribution to
improving the plight of the world's poor, is completely legitimate and
really works.
>  In a recent edition of the Internet Tourbus ( click here to subscribe
>  for free to this valuable resource), Patrick Crispen confirmed the 
> site's integrity through one of its sponsors: I know this whole "click
on a button, feed a hungry person"  story sounds too good to be true, but
I called one of the Hunger Site's sponsors and they confirmed that they
were indeed donating 3 cents for everyone who clicks on the site's 
> "Donate  Free Food" button. The sponsors are donating the money 
> to  generate goodwill (and, truth be told, sponsoring the 
> Hunger Site is also a brilliant marketing move -- once someone 
> clicks on the "Donate Free Food" button, they are taken to a 
> page that shows a small ad for the sponsor. The click-through 
> rates for  these ads must be phenomenal!)
> >Anthea Webb of the United Nations' World Food Programme 
> verified that it is receiving donations from the Hunger Site and calls
the 
> project "innovative." According to Webb, "Cash donations equivalent 
> to more than a million servings of food have been donated since the
site opened in June 1999."
> For more information, see the BBC Radio Special Report, dated 
> July 17,1999.
>  You can also visit the Hunger Site itself to learn more or make a
> donation at http://www.hungersite.com.

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