Rice for Words

John Breen had two lofty goals: help end world hunger and prepare his son for the SAT's. For this computer programmer, the solution was simple. He created Freerice.com, a non-profit online vocabulary quiz that gives 20 grains of rice to someone in need for each word defined correctly. (the rice is paid for by the site's advertisers and distributed by the United Nations World Food Program.) The more you get right, the more you help one of the 25,000 people who could potentially die from hunger each day. Don't expect it to be easy, though. Breen wrote the program to get more difficult with each correct answer, making the donations you do achieve that much more rewarding.