Fishing for Gifts

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In Sioux City, one local fisherman is doing amazing things for those around him. Just this year he has managed to donate $300,000 to charities from his profits. James Haworth, the owner of the Tackle Industries, has given money to children’s causes and veterans outreach programs.

He originally started the company to add to their material possessions and to make money. But, when his daughter, Julia, who is now 8, was born with craniosynostosis, a birth defect in which a baby’s skull fuses before the brain is fully formed, he started to see things differently.

Seeing how many children were suffering, he decided that they needed to start to help others. So, in 2005 he started producing handmade fishing lures in his garage. And Tackle Industries was born.

He has given money to Gillette, the Ronald McDonald House, Take a Vet Fishing and Operation Muskie. Now, his mail-order company has 1200 products, where it started with 50.

“The more we give away now, it seems the more we get,” he said.

Chideo Makes Inroads with a Clever Platform

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Chideo (charity+video) is about to upload its mobile footprint with its Android app launch. Founded in 2013 by billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist Todd Wagner, the company takes a 20% cut of proceeds. Overall, however, he says that “this company is about helping charities.”

The platform has about 100 celebrities with over 70 charities. These charities include American Heart Association, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Feeding America, Heifer International, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Starlight Children’s Foundation, the Trevor Project, and more. They are also a disaster relief partner with the Red Cross.

The way the platform works is that users can watch exclusive videos of their favorite celebrities in exchange for donations to their causes. Users can suggest future content and can also vote on other users’ suggestions for content.

As Wagner said, “We want to entertain you into giving, not guilt you into it. The key is to intertwine entertainment with the fact that its solely to help charities raise money. Folks can do good, just by watching the content.”

As Flo Rida said in a statement to VatorNews, “Chideo is exactly what my fans and I have been looking for. It gives us a place to connect, to share ideas and to get a window into what it means to live my dream. And the best part is that together, we have a chance to make the world a better place for lots of deserving kids.”