Fitbit is giving away a million bucks to worthy causes. To quote them about this: From November 9-20, the charity that collects the most steps claims the grand prize of $500,000. Second place gets $350,000 and third takes home $150,000. So everybody wins, but only one charity wins the biggest piece of the pie. Overall, it’s great, and for those who are badge crazy, it’s a good way to do a tad bit of good while earning more badges. Badges earned using the FitForGood campaign include the following: DoGooder: Join the FitForGood challenge at fitforgood.fitbit.com FitForGood: Join the FitForGood challenge and get 25,000 steps afterwards Helping Hero: Join the FitForGood challenge and get…
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FitBit, FuelBand & Running Apps For Good Causes
I’m a big fan of the various trackers out there. I’m also a fan of making the world a better place. I’m also a sysadmin so intrinsically lazy. I haven’t yet figured out how to bot my way to a studleyrific body yet, but I have figured out a few things that allow me to donate to charities without actually doing anything I wasn’t already doing anyway using my FitBit and my FuelBand (yes, I’m still wearing both — I’m like Brett Favre making up my mind here). So here are a few sites I’ve been tinkering with: EveryMove: This app is trying to do too much. But it also…