I am always looking for ways that all of us can contribute to the school or charity of our choice. As a single mom I have limited resources and I am sure I am not alone. That doesn’t excuse me from trying to support the causes I care about. I was pleasantly surprised to find this free and painless way to help only a 'click' away.

This week’s pick: GoodSearch is a Yahoo search tool that allows you to raise small amounts of money for a school or charity you care about while surfing the web. The idea is that you designate the organization that you would like to see receive funds, and then search the web using the GoodSearch tool. When you search, a small portion of money from the search engine advertisers is earmarked for your charity designee.

The group you want to give to must be registered with Yahoo and this can easily be accomplished by clicking the "add a new charity" link.

This is no great amount of money, but a lot of web users can add up over time. A good way to start using this tool would be to announce it at the PTA or with the volunteers and supporters of your organization, have them mark your group to receive funding and then go surfing! There is even a link for easy ways to spread the word.

If you are an online shopper and click on one of the Yahoo partner services you will also be able to designate a charity through their GoodShop program. In both GoodSearch and GoodShop certain types of searched don’t count so read the information carefully.