Star-Telegram.com | 08/25/2007 | Online giving is clicking with young donors

Star-Telegram.com | 08/25/2007 | Online giving is clicking with young donors: "Online giving is clicking with young donors By RACHEL EMMA SILVERMAN The Wall Street Journal Joe Alamo didn't set out to become a do-gooder. But late last year, when the Geneva, N.Y., Web designer was surfing on MySpace, he chanced onto the profile of Kiva.org, a nonprofit that allows people to make zero-interest 'microfinance' loans over the Internet to needy entrepreneurs in developing countries. Soon after, Alamo not only became a lender through Kiva, but he also started a new Web site, Kivafriends.org, devoted to Kiva enthusiasts. He also now volunteers to run Kiva's MySpace page. 'This is the first time I've ever gotten so involved with a charity,' says Alamo, 30."