Amazon to Donate Millions to Charities this Holiday Season
In a press release this week, online retail giant Amazon announced that it will donate millions of dollars in products and cash to worthy charities this upcoming holiday season.
The donations are part of what the company is calling “a season of giving.”
A primary focus of the donations is charities that will be lending a hand to all of those in communities that have been hard hit by all of the natural disasters and other issues this year.
Amazon will provide the funding and donations to over a thousand charities in this global effort. This includes organizations in the U.S., U.K., Spain, Singapore, Japan, Italy, India, Germany, France, China, Canada, and Australia.
A number of celebrities are working with Amazon to help promote the effort to help those in the greatest of need. Gabrielle Union, Toronto Maple Leafs player Mitch Marner, and Singaporean actor and musician, Nathan Hartono are some of the first to lend their names to the cause.
“Charitable organizations around the world serve a vital role in their communities, and they’re facing new challenges—often with fewer resources—as we all continue to fight through a global pandemic,” said Jeff Wilke, CEO Worldwide Consumer.
“Amazon is proud to support over one thousand organizations by donating millions of the items they need to help their communities and, hopefully, deliver much-needed smiles along the way.”
How You Can Help through AmazonSmile and Alexa
At smile.amazon.com you can access AmazonSmile. Simply select your favorite charity from the list of over one million and shop on Amazon as usual. By doing this, .5 percent of your purchase will automatically be donated to your charity.
If you happen to have an Amazon Alexa in your house, you can also say “Alexa, I want to make a donation.” This will allow you to make a cash donation to the charity of your choice.
Alexa can also help you make a toy donation to Toys for Tots. Just say, “Alexa, donate to Toys for Tots.” When you do this, as an added bonus, Amazon will match all toy donations with a toy-for toy match.
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