Do you often find yourself wanting to do something for a good, geeky nonprofit organization but lack the funds to make a cash donation? Our friends at Reddit have devised a solution for techies of all walks to help out their favorite charities called FeedANeed.



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The project works like this. Nonprofits can sign up requesting assistance on migrating a database, building a new section for their web site, and so forth. You can even submit your own favorite charity, which can be voted up by the community.



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You, the people with the skills, can sign up for a number of volunteer hours and list out all your specialties. The FeedANeed team will then match you up with one of the charities based on your skills and that charity's needs.

While you will receive the satisfaction for doing some good work for a worthy nonprofit organization, there's also the opportunity to get something a bit more concrete as a result of your participation. Reddit has partnered up with some other sites—like us—who have slated a number of gifts to be given to volunteers who do two or more volunteer hours by February 14, 2009. As of the publication of this article they are:

reddit: Shirts, bobbleheads, and signed postcards

Wired: Schwag!

Ars Technica: Schwag!

xkcd: Assorted xkcd gear—with autographs!

Destructoid: Xbox 360, two of the latest games, Dtoid stickers, buttons, & new shirts

EFF: Schwag!

BaconFreak: Bacon goodness [perhaps the best prize of all]

236: Ad inventory on the site and possibly more…

Foundry Communications: DVD Box sets

There are more partners coming on all the time (your company can become a partner too), so keep checking back. Winners will be chosen at random from the pool of eligible volunteers who meet the above criteria.

So get out there, sign up to help a charity that's making a difference in the world, and put your unique, geeky talents to work!