Jesse2233
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How? By enrolling in Amazon Smile you can contribute 0.5% of your Amazon purchases (in the US) directly to the Open Medicine Foundation (Ron Davis et al) at no extra cost to you (it's a tax write off for Amazon).
Edit 1: you can also buy groceries on Amazon Smile!
Edit 2: Screenshot your Smile Account showing OMF as the recipient to encourage others to do the same! (But keep your personal details private)
Math explaining the $1,013,271 amount is at the bottom of this post
Here's how to do it:
Edit 1: you can also buy groceries on Amazon Smile!
Edit 2: Screenshot your Smile Account showing OMF as the recipient to encourage others to do the same! (But keep your personal details private)
Math explaining the $1,013,271 amount is at the bottom of this post
Here's how to do it:
- Start by going to http://smile.amazon.com and logging into your Amazon account
- Then search for "Open Medicine Foundation" in the box below their spotlight charities
- "Open Medicine Foundation" in "Agoura Hills, CA" should pop up.
Click "Select"
- Keep in mind that in order to have the donations go through you must use the address smile.amazon.com when you shop. All of the same items at the same prices will be there.
Check "Yes" and click "Start Shopping"
- And that's it! You should get a confirmation in your email
- The average Amazon customer spends $700 / year (1)
It's true that 75% of ME/CFS don't work and thus likely spend much less than the average person generally. But keep in mind patients don't shop at "brick and mortar" stores as often and buy a disproportionately large amount of supplements.
- There are 2,226,969 unique viewers per year on this forum (according to 2013 data) (2)
- Let's assume 65% are in the US (where Amazon Smile donations are eligible). That's a total of 1,447,530 unique viewers.
And let's assume (using the 80/20 rule) that 20% are active viewers (3)
That gives us 289,506 unique active viewers in the US (we know there are ~19,000 registered members but many more guests who regularly "lurk").
- Using the figures above gives us a total of $202,654,200 spent by active unique viewers of the PR forum (289,506 unique active viewers x $700 spent a year on Amazon)
- If we multiply $202,654,200 by the Amazon Smile donation share of 0.5% we get $1,013,271 per year in potential donations to OMF
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