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Article: GiftCardDonor.com Taps Into Billions of Unused Gift Cards for Charities.
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- Diabetes Week
- Article date:
- December 15, 2008
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Not a day goes by without a story about charities struggling to survive the poor economy as donors pull back their support to pay their bills. On the other hand, there will likely be $90 billion in gift cards sold in 2008 with 10% or $9 billion "never" being used. GiftCardDonor.com is connecting these dots so people can donate unwanted gift cards to help charities. And best of all, the charities receive 75% of the revenue once the cards are resold (see also GiftCardDonor.com).
GiftCardDonor.com currently lists more than a dozen charities like the Goodwill of San Francisco, the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society, The Buckeye Ranch Foundation, and the Central Ohio ...