Tis the season to give. Even in tough economic times, there are always others worse off than we. Here’s a chance for you to reach out and give a hand up, and get a little bonus for yourself.

XR.com handed John Chow a cheque for $5000 which he immediately gave to charity. That was impressive, so the XR gang has offered up the chance for a John Chow reader to pick up $5000 for their favourite charity and a $1000 for themselves.

After seeing the way John stepped up and supported Tanya’s Team Diabetes effort, I had to dig in and help spread the word about John’s contest to get some more change in the Team Diabetes coffers.

XR.com is a tiny url service that lets you custom shorten your long web addresses – perfect for Twitter. Here’s John Chow’s review.

It’s all about the charity with this post, check out XR.com, spread the word and tell John he needs to pick a Team Diabetes member to win this contest!

The Blog According to Buzz. Spread the word, ya heard?

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