Charity Miles App Lets you Donate to Charity Just By Walking, Running, or Riding a Bike

Today I was looking at all the fitness apps available for my smartphone, and I ran across one that I heard about some time ago, but to my great shame, I never checked out. Charity Miles is an app that lets you earn money for charity every time you work out.

If you've ever raised money for a cause you believe in, you know how fulfilling it can be. You also know how exhausting it is, and that there are only so many times you can go back to the same friends and family members with your hand out before it gets awkward. Enter Charity Miles.

Download Charity Miles to your iOS or Android device. Then when you are ready to go for a walk, run, or bike ride, you fire it up. You pick which charity you want your donations to go to (it can be different each time), tell the app whether you are bike riding, running or walking, and hit start. They track your miles, and donate 0.10 for each mile on the bike, and 0.25 for each mile on foot. You only need to go .1 miles for the workout to count. Indoor walking and running count, but stationary bikes do not.

When you are done, you are strongly encouraged to share your workout on social media, but if you are a keep yourself to yourself kind of person, it is not strictly required. You also have the option of sharing a photo from your workout for an extra dollar.


The charities you can donate to on the app as of today are:
Wounded Warrior Project
Stand Up To Cancer
Every Mother Counts
Alzheimer's Association
Feeding America
World Wildlife Fund
The Michael J. Fox Foundation
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
ASPCA
Habitat for Humanity
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Autism Speaks
Team Red, White & Blue
Girls on the Run
DoSomething.org
The Nature Conservancy
Pencils of Promise
Special Olympics
The World Food Programme
Girl Up
(RED)
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America
Team for Kids
She's the First
Soles4Souls
Nothing But Nets
Back on My Feet
Shot@Life
The Partnership for a Healthier America
Achilles International
The Ironman Foundation
Vision Spring