New York Times
March 23, 2008
Comings and Goings
Bid for Travel and Donate to Charity
By HILARY HOWARD
If you buy one week in a Squaw Valley Lodge condo near Lake Tahoe in California, you’ll be contributing to scholarships at the Westmark School in Encino, Calif. If you buy a 12-night cruise of the Greek islands and Egypt, a percentage of the money will go to the Nanuet Hebrew Center in New City, N.Y. And if you buy seven nights on the Mexican Riviera, you’ll be contributing to animal welfare through United Animal Friends. These are just a few of the trips currently being auctioned off on Biddingforgood.com, a new Web site where users may bid on trips (and other items) that have been put on the block by various nonprofit organizations to raise money (91 percent of proceeds up to $100,000 goes to the sponsoring charities; 100 percent after that). Users may search by category (travel, toys, tickets), and may sort auctions by cause or state.
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