Dyson Posted November 1, 2007 Posted November 1, 2007 Not a freebie for you I'm afraid, but this time a unique idea for donating rice to charity. The best part? You learn a little from doing it. http://www.freerice.com Answer the questions right and donate 10 grains of rice each time you do so. And damn, it gets hard. I donated 1170 grains of rice and got to Vocab Level 36. Have fun!
Tellyn Posted November 1, 2007 Posted November 1, 2007 That's actually a really good site, it's good that it'll make a difference if enough people do it too. I'm on vocabulary level 38 and I'm on 1100 grains of rice.
triforce_keeper Posted November 1, 2007 Posted November 1, 2007 2000 grains of rice =] And they weren't actually that hard!
Dyson Posted November 1, 2007 Author Posted November 1, 2007 Let's see, 5000 grains of rice donated by us so far is how many packs? Not a clue, but it's a great initiative, and it helps to know that I've fed some people in Africa...or something :P
Strider Posted November 1, 2007 Posted November 1, 2007 I wish they'd do this kind of thing at my local take-away. They wouldn't lose out on much either, everyones thick round here.
Bren Posted November 1, 2007 Posted November 1, 2007 their must be like 3000 grains of rice in a pack? Their a bit stingy with it aint they *i donated 770 so far *
Daft Posted November 1, 2007 Posted November 1, 2007 270 so far but I might as well do it while I'm working! Got to vocab level 40...Some pretty random words there!!
The fish Posted November 1, 2007 Posted November 1, 2007 I donated 1010, and a friend I sent a link to did 500. We'll probably both go back to it, we both found it addictive.
Letty Posted November 1, 2007 Posted November 1, 2007 I just did another 700 or so. This site is brilliant!
Eenuh Posted November 1, 2007 Posted November 1, 2007 More than 6000. I barely know any of the words though. And for some words I've never even heard of the explanations they give... >.>;
Daft Posted November 1, 2007 Posted November 1, 2007 Just got past 2000....This is much more fun than homework.
Oxigen_Waste Posted November 2, 2007 Posted November 2, 2007 I purposely got them all wrong just so I don't feed anyone. (Ok, maybe I did get to 900, but shush, I'm supposed to be inhuman).
Charlie Posted November 2, 2007 Posted November 2, 2007 Can't 'they' just give them rice anyway? If FreeRice has the rice to give, why not give it all away right now? FreeRice is not sitting on a pile of rice―you are earning it 10 grains at a time. Here is how it works. When you play the game, advertisements appear on the bottom of your screen. The money generated by these advertisements is then used to buy the rice. So by playing, you generate the money that pays for the rice donated to hungry people. And....... FreeRice has two goals: Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. This is made possible by the sponsors who advertise on this site.
Guest Stefkov Posted November 2, 2007 Posted November 2, 2007 Got to 2660. Doing it while dying in between Halo. I die a lot...
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