Use GoodSearch.com and
GoodSearch Shopping
to support Agapé † Kure Beach Ministries

GoodSearch.com is an internet search site devoted to returning advertising money to charities designated by each search user.  One half of all advertising revenues (money advertisers pay to advertise on the GoodSearch site, just like on any other search site) are distributed to registered non-profits in December of each year.
GoodSearch Shopping is partnering with many online shopping sites to help GoodSearch registered non-profits, also. Simply using a link on the GoodSearch Shopping page to navigate to the online store of your choosing allows part of your purchase to be donated. Prices are the same as if you navigated to those shops by some other means.

GoodSearch.com is powered by the Yahoo search engine, so you can rely on the results you will get. Your deeper questions can probably be answered at their Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page.

An estimated $.01 per search is generated for the designated charity. Just 100 people making an average of 2 searches per day would produce about $730.00 in a year for us. I thought that seemed like a high expectation for an average “searcher,” but since I have registered A†KB Ministries and designated it as my charity of choice, I have been very aware of how many searches I make over the course of a few days. I might be the only one using it in the past 2-3 weeks, and we already have 26 cents. Imagine how that could snowball!!! If we got 1000 to participate, we could be receiving $7,000.00 or so each year! With over 10,000 annual guests (who all have friends), just think of where we could be next year…

To set Agapé + Kure Beach Ministries as your default charity, you must:

  • have cookies enabled (otherwise, you can select Agapé † Kure Beach Ministries every time you open the site before searching)
  • enter the following into your browser address bar:
    http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=839100

To add GoodSearch to your Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 search bar:

  • open IE and click on the arrow next to the magnifying glass in the search bar (upper right corner of the window)

  • select “Find More Providers…”

  • Follow the instructions in the area entitled “create your own”

  • After following the instructions, click the arrow next to the magnifying glass again and select “Change search defaults…”

  • Select GoodSearch as your default search engine

  • Use that search bar for any searches you normally make and the pennies will start to add up.

If you consider yourself “computer challenged,” you could find a friend who knows a little more about computers to help you follow these directions. If you don’t have anyone nearby to help, please contact me (Mike) for help and I might be able to talk you through it. (919) 552-9421.

Please make sure to use GoodSearch "honestly," making legitimate searches. We can be removed from their list for intentionally running up the search numbers with repetitive searches from which you don't intend to use the results.