By
Jessica Sund
Creators
of patent pending image blocking technology SeeNoEvil,
are also the masterminds behind Shop To Bless, an online shopping portal
providing organizations with thousands of dollars. Shop To Bless enables shoppers to take a
percentage of their online shopping dollars, and give it back to their favorite
church, school, or charity at no extra cost.
An
unashamedly Christian-owned company, the creators of SeeNoEvil
seek to serve the community and empower those seeking to do the same. “While protecting innocence online is our
passion, we also wanted to provide Christians and organizations with the tools
necessary to fulfill their mission. Shop
To Bless is a catalyst for organizations to acquire the financial resources
necessary to do so,” said Richard Maring, founder of SeeNoEvil.
The
formula is simple. Register at Shop To
Bless by providing your name and your chosen password, choose an organization
to support, then use Shop To Bless to link to one of 3,000 merchants including
Target, Best Buy, E-bay and Wal-Mart. In
return, your chosen organization is provided with a monthly check -a percentage
of the money its members spent online.
If
the organization you wish to support is not registered with Shop To Bless, you
can simply go to the Shop To Bless website and request that your organization
be added. A Shop To Bless representative
will contact you or your organization.
“It takes as little as a day to become a Shop To Bless
organization. Once an application is
filled out, we provide the organization with Shop To Bless banners to link to
their website, and create a Shop To Bless URL unique to the organization,” said
SeeNoEvil Chief Web Developer Nikolei
Zinsli.
If
you do not have an organization in mind you can choose from an organization
already registered through Shop To Bless including The American Cancer Society
or The Salvation Army. Once registered
you can begin using Shop To Bless to complete your online shopping by browsing
through the merchant specials page, searching for a product, or linking to one
of 3,000 merchants.
“Using
Shop To Bless just makes sense,” said Shop To Bless Member Jill Winchel. “Everything
I need is right there. As a full time
mom, student, and employee I do not have the time to always run to the
store. And the cost of shipping is
nothing compared to our current gas prices.
Through Shop To Bless my online shopping has increased my giving to my
local church without costing me more of my monthly budget, It’s a win/win for
me and my church” said Winchel.