A new website has appeared amidst the many pages of the Internet. Buck4Good is its name, and every Friday on its site hundreds of thousands of people will be invited via email or app to choose one of five organizations to donate one dollar or more to.
Biola alum makes donating a simple online task
While the site may be new, the idea is certainly not. According to founder Dennis Wadley, the idea has been more than two and a half years in the making. As a former Biola student and graduate of Talbot Theological Seminary, Wadley hopes that Biola will be the “ground floor” of Buck4Good and that the streamlined electronics will make it easier for cash-strapped students to give.
“This generation has grown up in a time when money’s been tight. This generation has something that no generation before it had: the social network — something God provided,” Wadley said.
SMU jumps on board
An upcoming charity that Buck4Good might be taking on is one that may be familiar to Biola students. SMU is partnering with the Seed Company to adopt several unreached people groups, providing scriptures in five languages in central India. Their goal is to raise $116,250 in a single school year.
“It’s likely Buck4Good will be featuring the India Project for an entire week, starting this Friday. We’ll be featured every quarter, hopefully, and it’d be great to have this information out there, to let people know,” Kelley said.
However, Kelley also noted that the number of goals the website attempts to reach might mean less money overall for the India Project.
“There are a number of websites on Buck4Good helping. So, when people go on that, they might look around at all these wonderful charities, spend their money, spread it around too much. We want to make sure it works for us, definitely,” Kelley said.
A growing site
Wadley, who is the mind behind the site, has been involved in several other charities and foundations before he began Buck4Good. From 2003 to 2008, he and his wife moved to Africa and formed Bridges of Hope International in response to the AIDS pandemic. Three years after he returned to the United States, he was inspired to begin this project.
Wadley is certainly confident that there will be plenty of support for the Buck4Good site. Student Missionary Union vice president Robert Kelley believes Biola will take quickly to the new site.
“As long as we can get the word out, get some publicity, get people interested, I really believe we can do this. It’s a great tool for any upcoming service projects that need to have things grounded their way quickly,” Kelley said.
