All of you runners, I would like you to check out Charity Miles. It's an app that allows you to earn .25 cents per mile run for a charity of your choosing. They list the approved charities on the site and there are some good ones there. I run for the Wounded Warriors Project. If you already run with your phone for music or for "run keeper" or something like that, you can just turn on "Charity Miles" before you begin and earn some $ for a good cause by doing what you would have done anyways. flagamuffin, glitchinthematrix, blackbootz, CHA0S_, pseydtonne, joelg236, BrainBurner, ButterflyEffect, zebra2, mhr, cW -check it out guys/gals. It's a pretty cool thing that I'm glad exists. Any of you already using this?
My guess is that they have large donors that say they'll sponsor up to "X" miles. If I had a boat load of money, I would give it to sustain this. They're both raising funds for charity and promoting healthy living. Pretty cool. Also, after you are done running, if you so choose, it will post your miles in your FB feed and they place an advert under the posting. My guess is that this is a revenue stream.
On their site it says they have an initial pool of 1 million to sponsor miles with.
Same as BrainBurner, but I'll be showing this to my running friends that have a smart phone!
Sadly I don't have a smart phone to use it with. Seems like a good idea and an excellent cause though, I'll use it if or when my situation changes.