Archive for February, 2008

Feed the hungry during TV commercials

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

I got this link from DL.tv:

FreeRice

You are presented with a word and asked to select another word with the same meaning from a list of four words.  The site offers to send 20 grains of rice for each correct answer.  As you get more right your “vocab level” increases and the words become harder.

I got to level 40 with 1680 grains promised over two commercial breaks during an episode of “House”.  Another feature I found on my second visit to the site was the option to remember my vocabulary level and donation total on my computer.   Check it out.  It’s a great way to increase your vocabulary and help feed the hungry.  Next time the subject of how to feed the starving people of the world comes up you can bloviate about how  frequently you’ve helped.