Everyone shares the pain and difficulty of the people of Japan dealing with the horrible tragedy, and many of us look for ways to help out in whatever way possible. Judie wrote about some ways to help, and more ideas keep pouring in every day! Here is one of the latest!
The MacBundler Charity Bundle is a group of six Mac apps selling for the low price of $17 – and better yet, if you buy the bundle 20% goes to relief charities supporting the victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Here are the details:
We bring you the charity bundle with 6 amazing apps. Pick a charity of your choice when buying and we will donate 20% of our profit on your behalf. Charities include: American red cross for Japan earthquake and Pacific tsunami relief efforts, e.t.c.
MacBundler offers downloads of its MacBundler Charity 6-Application Bundle for $17. That’s a savings of $123 compared to paying the list price for each program and the biggest MacBundler bundle we’ve seen so far this year. Deal ends March 21. The six included apps are:
- Snap Rocket: Keyboard-based desktop navigator
- Macomfort: Background process which enhances the overall usability of Windows.
- Whatsize: Measures the size of your hard drive
- Memoir: Notebook application
- Media Rage: Audio file codec
- Transpod for Mac: Media transfer utilityNote that 20% of all profits will go toward American Red Cross for Japan earthquake and Pacific tsunami relief efforts.
And here is an image from the site showing a brief description of the various apps:
Head on over to the MacBundler Charity Bundle and see if these apps are something you want to buy and support the people of Japan. Of course, direct support is 100%, but if you can grab something you want and show your support – that is also a great deal!
UPDATE: The wonderful folks at charity: water contacted me to state that the MacBundler listing including them as a charity supporting Japan was erroneous. Transparency is the sign of a great charity, which makes me like them even more! They went on to note additional charities that are helping:
The World Food Programme is already on the ground distributing tents, food, etc. They also have expertise in logistics so would seem a good choice:
Also, this blog post recommends MSF (Doctors Without Borders) for a number of reasons, if you’d like to check it out.
Source: DealMac
