How to Get Soap from a Butterfly

You can turn butterflies into soap. Not actual butterflies, but Care2’s Butterfly Credits can be turned into soap.

1,250 Butterfly Credits can supply a deserving community with a quarter-pound of multipurpose soap. I know, I know… soap is not a sexy topic… not something to get all excited about. But the fact is that soap helps to stop the spread of disease and to keep children healthy. Lathering up is part of the daily routine for most of us, but in some parts of the world, it is truly a luxury.

Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. Together with individuals and local groups in more than 100 countries, Oxfam saves lives, helps people overcome poverty, and fights for social justice. Help Care2 and Oxfam America supply soap to a community by redeeming your Butterfly Credits.

How to Earn Butterfly Credits

How to Turn your Butterfly Credits into Donations for Good Causes

There are 12 ways to earn credits by taking action on Care2, and many choices about how to turn your credits into gifts for amazing causes. Here’s how it works: when you redeem credits, Care2 makes a cash donation to pay for the gift you’ve chosen.

The whole idea behind the credits is to help people help each other. With so many legitimate ways to earn credits, we do not mean to encourage meaningless comments or gaming of the system. Just do what you’ve always done. Support the causes you care about and earn credits doing it!

One of the easiest and most efficient ways to earn credits is to set Care2 as your homepage and use the Care2 web search feature. You’ll earn 10 credits per search — up to 40 times a day! You can also earn credits by creating and signing petitions, leaving insightful comments, answering polls, sending e-cards, etc.

Your daily actions are most appreciated. Together, we can make a difference!

Get the complete list on How to Earn Butterfly Credits

Learn How to Turn your Butterfly Credits into Donations and see the list of Good Causes

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Past Member .

1:57AM PST on Jan 29, 2010

this is interesting... first heard.. thanks!

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Crystal T.

9:10PM PST on Jan 4, 2010

I understand that it might of necessity take that many credits to feed a cat or dog. What I was trying to ask for was a method of perhaps combining interested people's credits so that we could collect enough credits to feed animals now... or a pool that I could earmark my credits for. It's going to take a long time for my credits to mean anything by themselves... but if I could contribute mine as I get them to a pool, we'd get to 4000 a lot quicker.

Leah D.

6:22AM PST on Jan 3, 2010

Interesting article

Silvia M.

9:24AM PST on Jan 2, 2010

looooooooooool and I thought "what the hell?" When I saw this article's tittle. I'll collect a lot of credits :)

Marishka k.

3:25PM PST on Dec 29, 2009

there isn't enough animal related things to redeem for. can we see feed a shelter dog or vet/ medical attention for an animal or a spay or neuter an stray?

gerlinde p.

9:10AM PST on Dec 28, 2009

i too would like, less credits to feed a cat or dog.

Anne F.

8:14AM PST on Dec 24, 2009

Great lead for the atrticle - Butterflies flit and fly and can be hard to catch.

Rajshree B.

7:44AM PST on Dec 24, 2009

Interesting!

Donna B.

12:46PM PST on Dec 23, 2009

I agree, I wish it cost less points to feed a cat! But I will keep on earning points.