The Foundation is a registered charity with AmazonSmile; and shopping online at smile.amazon.com is one way to support the Foundation’s mission to cultivate student career choice in the specialty of family medicine.
AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support the Foundation every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible purchases to the Foundation.
To shop at AmazonSmile simply go to smile.amazon.com from the web browser on your computer or mobile device. You may also want to add a bookmark to smile.amazon.com to make it even easier to return and start your shopping at AmazonSmile. You will be asked to select the organization you’d like to support. Enter The Ohio Academy of Family Physicians and you’re all set. You can also link your existing Amazon.com account on Amazon Smile. Here is a direct link to our organization’s page: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/31-1191776.
You can also support the Foundation in the Amazon Shopping app on your iPhone. Simply turn on AmazonSmile in the app to start generating donations at no extra cost to you. To turn this on, open the Amazon Shopping app on your phone. Then, go into the main menu and tap into ‘Settings.’ Tap ‘AmazonSmile’ and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the activation.
For more information, please see the program details on the AmazonSmile website.
If you are not an Amazon user, you can also shop online with iGive and support your Foundation.
The Foundation is also a registered charity with www.iGive.com. By signing up at www.iGive.com/OAFPF and shopping online at the 900+ participating retail establishments, a percentage of your purchase(s) will be donated to the Foundation – and your shopping donations are tax deductible!
There is no cost to the individual to sign up for this service and no cost to the individual for the money to be donated. iGive provides this service because its mission is to enable the economic power of individuals to benefit their chosen communities. Information at iGive, including your name and address, is covered by its extremely strong privacy policy.
Merchants associated with i.Give are not remote, online “trunk stores,” but rather they include retailers such as Amazon, Macy’s, The Home Depot, Bed Bath and Beyond, Expedia, Orbitz, Barnes & Noble, Staples, QVC, JCPenney, and many, many more. Try it now! Use the link to join iGive, and you will be setup to support the Foundation with your online shopping. It is that simple!
So, when shopping during the upcoming holiday season, remember, you can support your Foundation at the same time!