While going through my Pinterest clean-up routine, I stumbled upon a forgotten pin. If you are an avid Pinterest user like I am, you probably have a million pins that you meant to read into, but never got around to it. This was one of those pins. It was an article on an app called Charity Miles. How I had ever let this gem slip through my fingers is a mystery to me, because as soon as I read the description, I was at the app store hitting 'download'.
Needless to say, it is an app that's worth your time.
Charity Miles offers a different incentive to exercise. Whether you walk, run, or bike (or variations of these), you will be donating money to a charity of your choice!
The best part: IT'S FREE!
To make things clear, this post isn't a way for me to make money by sucking you guys into a new app (I am not sponsored to write this). I genuinely love and use this app whenever I can.
Now that we have that cleared up... Let's learn more!!
Once you have downloaded the app, it is easy to use. Charity Miles offers two different ways to create a profile: by using your email or through Facebook. Once you are all set up, you can scroll through a list of charities and pick your favorite. The list includes the World Wildlife Fund, the Wounded Warrior Project, Habitat for Humanity, and many more. I personally choose Pencils of Promise whenever I go walking, because they help build schools worldwide (I think that education is one of the most important things to offer. Sometime, I will write a post about why).
Needless to say, it is an app that's worth your time.
Charity Miles offers a different incentive to exercise. Whether you walk, run, or bike (or variations of these), you will be donating money to a charity of your choice!
The best part: IT'S FREE!
To make things clear, this post isn't a way for me to make money by sucking you guys into a new app (I am not sponsored to write this). I genuinely love and use this app whenever I can.
Now that we have that cleared up... Let's learn more!!
Once you have downloaded the app, it is easy to use. Charity Miles offers two different ways to create a profile: by using your email or through Facebook. Once you are all set up, you can scroll through a list of charities and pick your favorite. The list includes the World Wildlife Fund, the Wounded Warrior Project, Habitat for Humanity, and many more. I personally choose Pencils of Promise whenever I go walking, because they help build schools worldwide (I think that education is one of the most important things to offer. Sometime, I will write a post about why).
After you've chosen your charity, select your form of exercise (walk, bike, or run and indoor or outdoor) that best fits the activity that you are doing. The activity must be "human powered". Cars, planes, trains, and the like do not count. The app finds someone to sponsor you and starts running automatically; there isn't a start button. Once you are done, you can hit the arrow pointing down in the bottom right corner. There you will see your distance and monetary impact. Hit the red button to quit. Charity Miles will send you an email that tells you how much money you earned for charity, whether you walked or ran for 25 cents a mile or biked for 10 cents a mile.
Sure, 25 cents doesn't seem like much, but if you are going to go out and exercise, why not add a drop to the bucket? The more people that choose to use this app while exercising, the more of an impact it will have on those benefitting from the charities. For me, the decision was simple. I could easily turn on the app when walking to class or to the store and make a little bit of money for a charity.
Charity Miles keeps record of how many miles you go, how long it takes you, and how often you check in (all of this you can look at in your profile). This app also gives the option to team up with other people to earn money for charity together. You can do this by going to the sidebar on the app and clicking teams, then either searching or creating a team by typing it into the search bar.
My team name is TheShrew. Feel free to join and help me raise money!
The teams do not have to all select the same charity to work towards, it's simply a way to exercise with friends.
Since it began three years ago, Charity Miles has grown significantly. In such a short period of time, the app has managed to raise more than a million dollars for charity. So many people have benefitted from this app, whether they are using it to exercise or just found help through a charity. People have overcome illnesses and hardship through this app. To read about some of these amazing stories, check out Charity Miles's blog, Facebook, and twitter.
So why not become a part of such an amazing and simple movement towards bettering the world?
If you are interested in downloading the app, click here for iOS and here for Android. Let's make the world a better place while burning those calories!
Sure, 25 cents doesn't seem like much, but if you are going to go out and exercise, why not add a drop to the bucket? The more people that choose to use this app while exercising, the more of an impact it will have on those benefitting from the charities. For me, the decision was simple. I could easily turn on the app when walking to class or to the store and make a little bit of money for a charity.
Charity Miles keeps record of how many miles you go, how long it takes you, and how often you check in (all of this you can look at in your profile). This app also gives the option to team up with other people to earn money for charity together. You can do this by going to the sidebar on the app and clicking teams, then either searching or creating a team by typing it into the search bar.
My team name is TheShrew. Feel free to join and help me raise money!
The teams do not have to all select the same charity to work towards, it's simply a way to exercise with friends.
Since it began three years ago, Charity Miles has grown significantly. In such a short period of time, the app has managed to raise more than a million dollars for charity. So many people have benefitted from this app, whether they are using it to exercise or just found help through a charity. People have overcome illnesses and hardship through this app. To read about some of these amazing stories, check out Charity Miles's blog, Facebook, and twitter.
So why not become a part of such an amazing and simple movement towards bettering the world?
If you are interested in downloading the app, click here for iOS and here for Android. Let's make the world a better place while burning those calories!
What are some of your experiences with Charity Miles?