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Follow on Google News | Atlanta Firm Launches Vacation Rentals Business to Fund CharitiesIn an economy where charitable organizations are being economically decimated by declining private contributions and public budget cuts, Mike Last hatched Geronimo.com to convert an underutilized asset in vacation rental homes into charity cash.
By: Charity Helpers, LLC “Many of us find ourselves looking for ways to put unused weeks of our vacation homes to work helping others," said Mike Last, Founder of Charity Helpers. "Geronimo.com provides a way for all of us to make a difference with an underutilized asset. We're delighted at the initial response we're getting from vacation home owners and from the non-profits" The benefactors include schools, churches, medical research facilities and other causes. To make a difference with our nation's public elementary schools, significant budget shortages will need to be back-filled. The looming budget cuts will likely weaken the nation's public schools, worsen unemployment, and potentially widen the achievement gap between students in rich and poor districts. Geronimo.com hopes to help PTA organizations augment fundraising. Last, who built and sold an online golf tee time company prior to starting Charity Helpers, LLC in late 2009, believes that unused vacation rental weeks represent a potential gold mine for non-profits. He adds, “This is a natural use of the internet. Owners and vacationers come together to help their favorite causes. A generous vacation home owner can make a big difference.” Vacation rental bookings declined by 8.1% in 2009. That translates to many more unused vacation rental weeks (and potential donations to non-profits) # # # About Geronimo.com Geronimo.com is offered by Charity Helpers, LLC and is a new online vacation rental business that helps non-profits unlock donations by hosting and promoting vacation rental listings and coordinating payments to non-profits. Generous vacation rental owners contribute as little as a few days and make a difference for their favorite non-profit organization( End
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