Yesterday I spent $100 on Amazon for a rug, a car charger and a solar light. The thing that made that purchase special is that I went through the smile.amazon.com site, so the Friends of Cheyenne Cañon received a 50-cent donation.

AmazonSmile is exactly the same as shopping through the regular Amazon site with one simple difference: a portion of your purchase is donated to the charity you designate.

I went to the smile.amazon.com, logged in as usual, and chose the Friends of Cheyenne Canon as my preferred charity. Now Amazon donates 0.5% of all my purchases to help preserve the natural resources of North Cheyenne Cañon Park. As a result of my purchases over the past two months, Amazon has donated $4 to help sponsor park improvements, enrichment programs, community events, and opportunities for citizen and visitor involvement.

Next time I join a canon cleanup day, attend a festival, admire the garden at the Starsmore Nature and Visitor Center, or pass a crew performing trail maintenance, I will know that a little bit of my shopping has helped support those efforts.