Amazon to cease AmazonSmile by Feb 2023

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​ ​ ​ Dear customer, In 2013, we launched AmazonSmile to make it easier for customers to support their favorite charities. However, after almost a decade, the program has not grown to create the impact that we had originally hoped. With so many eligible organizations—more than 1 million globally—our ability to have an impact was often spread too thin. We are writing to let you know that we plan to wind down AmazonSmile by February 20, 2023. We will continue to pursue and invest in other areas where we’ve seen we can make meaningful change—from building affordable housing to providing access to computer science education for students in underserved communities to using our logistics infrastructure and technology to assist broad communities impacted by natural disasters. To help charities that have been a part of the AmazonSmile program with this transition, we will be providing them with a one-time donation equivalent to three months of what they earned in 2022 through the program, and they will also be able to accrue additional donations until the program officially closes in February. Once AmazonSmile closes, charities will still be able to seek support from Amazon customers by creating their own wish lists. As a company, we will continue supporting a wide range of other programs that help thousands of charities and communities across the U.S. For instance:​ Housing Equity Fund: We’re investing $2 billion to build and preserve affordable housing in our hometown communities. In just two years, we’ve provided funding to create more than 14,000 affordable homes—and we expect to build at least 6,000 more in the coming months. These units will host more than 18,000 moderate- to low-income families, many of them with children. In one year alone, our investments have been able to increase the affordable housing stock in communities like Bellevue, Washington and Arlington, Virginia by at least 20%. Amazon Future Engineer: We’ve funded computer science curriculum for more than 600,000 students across over 5,000 schools—all in underserved communities. We have plans to reach an additional 1 million students this year. We’ve also provided immediate assistance to 55,000 students in our hometown communities by giving them warm clothes for the winter, food, and school supplies. Community Delivery Program: We’ve partnered with food banks in 35 U.S. cities to deliver more than 23 million meals, using our logistics infrastructure to help families in need access healthy food – and we plan to deliver 12 million more meals this year alone. In addition to our delivery services, we’ve also donated 30 million meals in communities across the country. Amazon Disaster Relief: We’re using our logistics capabilities, inventory, and cloud technology to provide fast aid to communities affected by natural disasters. For example, we’ve created a Disaster Relief Hub in Atlanta with more than 1 million relief items ready for deployment, our Disaster Relief team has responded to more than 95 natural disasters, and we’ve donated more than 20 million relief products to nonprofits assisting communities on the ground. Community Giving: We support hundreds of local nonprofits doing meaningful work in cities where our employees and their families live. For example, each year we donate hundreds of millions of dollars to organizations working to build stronger communities, from youth sport leagues, to local community colleges, to shelters for families experiencing homelessness. We’ll continue working to make a difference in many ways, and our long-term commitment to our communities remains the same—we’re determined to do every day better for our customers, our employees, and the world at large. Thank you for being an Amazon customer.​ ​ ​ ​

 

[Da_lucche]

Just got the email now. I had Comm2a as my AmazonSmile selection. What a bummer.

Don't worry though...Amazon, on your behalf, will still make donations to mostly woke and leftist charities and causes....

 

[Marty McFly]

Dupe by 2 minutes

Amazon Smile: defunct as of 02-20-23

Dear customer, In 2013, we launched AmazonSmile to make it easier for customers to support their favorite charities. However, after almost a decade, the program has not grown to create the impact that we had originally hoped. With so many eligible organizations—more than 1 million globally—our...

www.northeastshooters.com

 

[Waher]

Bunch of scumbags don't want little people giving to non-woke charities anymore.

 

[Da_lucche]

Dupe by 2 minutes

Amazon Smile: defunct as of 02-20-23

Dear customer, In 2013, we launched AmazonSmile to make it easier for customers to support their favorite charities. However, after almost a decade, the program has not grown to create the impact that we had originally hoped. With so many eligible organizations—more than 1 million globally—our...

www.northeastshooters.com

I just saw. I had it ready to post about 5 mins before but decided to get a screenshot of the email and crop it. Oops

 

[nstassel]

Translation:
We were giving money to interests we don't support.

 

[M1911]

Translation:
We were giving money to interests we don't support.

This.

 

[maxthegearhead]

Yet another reason not to patronize Amazon. I personally don't buy anything from them.

 

[weekendracer]

Meh, conservatives were giving directly. Liberals weren't giving and expecting the government to do it for them, hence no donations through Amazon.

I have no facts to back up that statement, but I damn well believe I'm pretty close to the mark.

 

[Pafanasiev]

Translation:
We were giving money to interests we don't support.

Was going to say same thing

 

[Rockrivr1]

The convenience of Amazon is undeniable. I was using Amazon Smile and donating to the PMC. Pretty worth while organization.

 

[Waher]

I'm chatting with Amazon Customer service to register my feedback that this is a poor decision that shows the company could care less about its customers.

 

[556USER]

This is tragic.

 

[Da_lucche]

I'm chatting with Amazon Customer service to register my feedback that this is a poor decision that shows the company could care less about its customers.

Amazon is tanking.

Amazon's Prime membership program stopped growing in the US for the first time ever, according to new estimates

 

[Marty McFly]

I'm chatting with Amazon Customer service to register my feedback that this is a poor decision that shows the company could care less about its customers.

What did Mahmoud say

 

[Waher]

What did Mahmoud say

We truly value this kind of feedback, as it helps us continue to improve our store and provide better service to our customers. I'll be sure to pass your message on to the appropriate people in our company.

We truly value this kind of feedback, as it helps us continue to improve our store and provide better service to our customers.

Reality:
“We realized that a large number of charitable donations are going to causes we don’t like, and since we can’t allow ourselves be charged with discriminatory practices, we are killing the whole program”

 

[Broc]

I would love it if every Prime member picked one week to order 5 $1 items, order one, wait until it ships then order another one.

It would generate 850,000,000 packages.

 

[M1911]

Merged

 

[free]

I would love it if every Prime member picked one week to order 5 $1 items, order one, wait until it ships then order another one.

It would generate 850,000,000 packages.

I do that just about every week anyway, with all the crap I order from them.