'YouTube Generation' Becomes 'Philanthropic Generation' As Students Donate Thousands of Classroom Rewards to Charity

Students Contribute uBoost Online Rewards to Protect the Environment, Prevent Animal Cruelty, Fight Poverty

Honolulu (PRWEB) November 25, 2008 -- The "YouTube Generation" may also be the "Philanthropic Generation." Students from schools and districts around the country who are earning rewards from uBoost, the student recognition and rewards solution (http://www.uBoost.com) , are increasingly donating them to charities rather than cashing them in for prizes for themselves.

In just the past few months, these young philanthropists have:

* Sponsored a puppy for 262 days

* Fought poverty by sponsoring a child for 100 days, donating 244 meals and planting 9,525 seeds in third-world countries

* Protected the environment by reducing their carbon footprints by 125 days, planting 25 trees and saving thousands of feet of rainforest around the world.

Teachers use the uBoost solution to reward students online for academic progress, behavior or other classroom goals. They earn points they can redeem for prizes or, as more and more kids are doing, turn into donations to charities of their choice. These charity-minded students donate their points to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) to prevent animal cruelty, to World Vision or America's Second Harvest to fight poverty and hunger, or to groups such as The Nature Conservancy or the Rainforest Action Network to protect the environment.

"It is amazing to see the number of students who are choosing to donate their rewards to charity rather than redeem them for online assets or prizes for themselves," said uBoost Founder John Bower. "At the same time that a rewards program is helping them improve their study skills or stop being tardy to class, they are learning the impact that individuals can have on the world and building a foundation for giving back that is likely to last a lifetime. We are very impressed by these young philanthropists."

When students donate their uBoost rewards to one of the many charities available to choose from, they use their points to do something tangible such as adopting a shark or giving a hungry child a bowl of rice. "This makes the donation real for the student," Bower added. "They can see a direct impact they are making in the world from how they are using their hard-earned rewards."

uBoost works across age groups, curricula, achievement levels and reward offerings, motivating students to achieve academic success while building a partnership between students, teachers and parents that is fundamental to educational development, growth and success.

For more information about uBoost, visit www.uBoost.com.

About uBoost

uBoost's mission is to inspire students to perform at their highest academic level by surrounding them with motivational elements that foster interaction with and recognition from teachers, tutors, parents and peers. uBoost's core concepts originate from It's All About Kids, LLC, a tutoring company that demonstrated the ways that rewards and recognition programs can improve student attendance, retention and achievement. uBoost appreciates that students are unique - that they learn differently and that intrinsic motivation varies across subject areas. uBoost's rewards platform empowers students by recognizing their individual academic achievements through a point system and allowing them to choose from more than 100,000 prizes, including merchandise, gift cards, digital assets, contributions to charitable organizations and special offers. For more information, go to www.uboost.com.

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