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Goodsearch is making it easier to help the HPS Network

Now it's even easier to help raise money for the HPS Network. For several years now HPS Network supporters have been able to help raise money by simply using the search engine at www.goodsearch.com. The Network earns a penny for every search, and the search engine is powered by Yahoo! Goodsearch also added an online mall where a percentage of all purchases will go to the HPS Network.

Other charities - charities even smaller than ours that aren't even facing the sort of life and death health issues we face, have raised thousands of dollars a penny at a time.

We can do it too!

Now Goodsearch is offering an HPS Network custom toolbar. That way you don't have to go to the Goodsearch page to search the Web with the Goodsearch engine or to shop at Goodsearch merchants.

I think often it's easy to forget to use Goodsearch, and a tool bar at the top of your browser with the HPS logo is a great way to remember!

Here's the info from Goodsearch about the new toolbar:

We have something new and exciting we'd like to share with you! It’s the new HPS Network - Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome toolbar – once added to IE or Firefox, each time you shop at more than 1,300 stores (from Amazon to Zazzle!) a percentage of your purchase will automatically be donated to HPS Network - Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome – at no cost to you (and you may even save money as the toolbar provides coupons and deals as well!). The toolbar also has a search box and each time you search the Internet, about a penny is donated to HPS Network - Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome. http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/hps-network-hermansky-pudlak-syndrome

And please pass this along to all of your friends. The two minutes it takes to add this toolbar to your browser can make a lifetime of difference!

Get the toolbar NOW!
http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/hps-network-hermansky-pudlak-syndrome

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