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Help From Home Newsletter - June 2009

Surf 4 the Earth - This is a website traffic exchange programme that helps you to gain exposure of your website/blog. The more you view other websites, the more exposure you will get for yours. You gain credits for doing this, which can then be donated to wildlife and conservation charities as cash.

Parents as Teachers - This organisation provides information, support and encouragement for parents to help their children develop optimally during the crucial early years of their life. There are various online advocacy campaigns available centered around the above mission statement.

SITES OMITTED

None omitted this month!

FEATURED VOLUNTEER ACTION

Galaxy Zoo

The Galaxy Zoo project contain photos of almost a quarter of a million galaxies which have been imaged with a camera attached to a robotic telescope (the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, no less). In order to understand how these galaxies formed, they need your help to classify them according to their shapes - a task at which your brain is better than even the fastest computer. Briefly how it works is that you will be shown an image of a galaxy and then be asked a series of questions about it. All you need to do is to look for features that mark out different types of galaxy and answer the questions as well as you can. So far, more than 200,000 people have taken part in the Galaxy Zoo project, having produced a wealth of valuable data and in the process sending telescopes on Earth and in space chasing after discoveries made by people just like you. Ever wanted to become a star? Well, classifying one maybe the next best thing!

This action can be found here on the 'Help From Home' website

VOLUNTEER ACTIONS LISTED

Charity = 192

'Green' = 174

Advocacy = 120

SITES OF INTEREST

Operation Nice

If everyone was a little bit nicer to the folks they encountered each day, perhaps the world would be a more pleasant place. Operation NICE was initiated to remind you that a little NICE goes a long way.

Do The Green Thing

Green Thing is a public service that inspires people to lead a greener life, with the help of videos and inspiring stories. Green Thing focuses on seven things you can do - and enjoy doing. Join people from 199 countries doing the Green Thing.

CHARITY GAMES

Play a game and a donation goes to charity at no cost to you.

Help Thirst

Guess a string of numbers and for each correct answer, 1 cup of water will be donated to World Vision which will go to those in need in the developing world and disaster areas.

10 SECOND FREE DONATION

Click the link below to take you to a webpage that generates cash donations to the Wildlife Conservation Society - all at no cost to you. Just click on one of the 3 big cat pictures!