Help Japan for Free

Due to the recent tragedies in Japan, people from around the globe are gathering together to help out the victims of the earthquakes and tsunami. Although many would like to contribute, it is not possible due to financial troubles at home. However, there are a couple of free ways you can donate to the Japan cause, and here's how.

Donate your Swagbucks:

If you use the search engine Swagbucks.com, you can trade in your points for real cash that is used towards the victims in Japan. You can donate anywhere from 5 SB to 5,000 SB. If you haven't signed up yet for Swagbucks, you can get 30 SB for just signing up, and it's free. You can then donate all or a portion of those 30 SB to the cause. Just so you can get a breakdown of how the SB's are converted, here is a chart:

10,000,000 SB = $100,000.00

7,500,000 SB = $73,750.00

5,000,000 SB = $47,500.00

2,500,000 SB = $23,250.00

1,500,000 SB = $13,750.00

1,000,000 SB = $9,000.00

750,000 SB = $6,375.00

500,000 SB = $4,050.00

250,000 SB = $1,925.00

200,000 SB = $1,500.00

135,000 SB = $1,000.00

68,000 SB = $500.00

Donation of SB ends May 2, 2011 so hurry! Here is the link to donate your Swagbucks to aid in the Japan relief today: http://www.swagbucks.com/p/prize/24705/Japan-Earthquake-Tsunami-Relief-Fund-Donation

Donate your MyPoints:

Another way you can donate to aid in efforts to help Japan is through MyPoints.com. You would have to be a member of MyPoints to donate, however. If you are not yet a member, be sure to sign up right away and start earning points to donate. There are free offers and even reading emails that can add up points to convert to money for Japan victims. The organization you will be helping will be the Red Cross. The Red Cross says on the MyPoints page: "The American Red Cross provides disaster victims with food, shelter, clothing, counseling and more. Your support for the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund helps victims of hurricanes and thousands of other disasters across the country each year." You can donate anywhere from 500 points to 5,000 points.

Here's the link to donate your MyPoints points to Red Cross:

https://www.mypoints.com/emp/u/rewardsCategory.vm?category=charity

At the end of the day you'll know you were able to help, even if you didn't give anything out of your own pocket. As always, you can send Japan your positive energy, prayers or good wishes that things start looking up for them. We should all do our part in helping one another through tough times.