Best of Both Worlds

The new addiction for the legislative assistants during lunch time breaks is Free Rice.

Using a very simple word building exercise, we are donating rice to the UN World Food Programme.

Every correct answer gives ten grains of rice to the program to be distributed among the hungriest, paid for by the advertisers on the site. As we build our vocabularies, we are feeding the hungry.

I make it a habit of playing for 1800 grains of rice a day, which is--according to our calculations--two servings of rice. I have also been tracking my progress and find myself accidentally using new words I have learned from the website.

With the growth of climate change, environmental depredation of wetlands and over consumption of resources, simple things like clean water and fresh food are increasingly more scarce. Doing your part to make sure that families will see their children survive and relieving the burden of the world's poor is crucial to the stability of our world. The good work supported by projects like the UN World Food Programme and even sites like free rice, help make the world a better place.

Feeding the hungry and building my vocabulary? Best of both worlds!