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Chicago Sun-Times
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UNCOVERED: Amazon is wrong to scrap its charitable program amazonsmile - The Untold Story

Amazon announced on Jan 18 it is ending AmazonSmile, a charity donation program it ran for a decade, in its latest cost-cutting move. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

It is extremely disheartening and disappointing to receive the news that Amazon is discontinuing its philanthropic division, AmazonSmile.

Thousands of organizations, nonprofits, schools and churches worldwide benefit from Amazon shoppers who choose to have a very small percentage of their purchases support the charity of their choice. It was a win-win for humanity.

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