The William J. Clinton Foundation, founded in 2001, is engaging the online community in an effort to raise money, asking users to learn more about climate change at the same time, the organization announced recently.
Named the "Take Initiative" campaign, it focuses on Earth Day activism, allowing supporters to sign up for Clinton Foundation-supported green projects and to take an online quiz on climate change.
For every person who visits the campaign’s website and takes the quiz, the foundation is donating $2 toward buying solar flashlights for people living in tent villages in Haiti. The Clinton Foundation says if 100,000 people take the quiz, it will reach its goal of sending 20,000 solar flashlights to improve safety conditions in the country that was ravished by earthquakes at the beginning of the year.
The campaign will conclude on April 22, 2010, when President Clinton hosts a special online forum with volunteers from across the country.
President Clinton says his nonprofit wants to address climate change issues to encourage individuals to make contributions that will bring to benefit to society.
"My foundation invites everyone to join us in the fight by taking initiative in their own homes and communities," says President Clinton. "I look forward to a lively and interesting dialogue about what we can all do to build a more sustainable world."
The Clinton Foundation has previously helped implement more than 250 energy efficiency building retrofit projects in more than 20 cities around the world.
President Clinton also recently partnered with President Bush when the two established a relief fund for Haiti and appeared in television ads together reaching out for support.
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