Use Windows Liveâ„¢ Messenger and Make a Difference
is a new initiative from Windows Live™ Messenger. Every time you start a conversation using i’m, Microsoft shares a portion of the program's advertising revenue with some of the world's most effective organizations dedicated to social causes.

note: currently the donation only applies to Windows Live Messenger users in the United States. If you are in the US and you are IMing with a contact in another country your IM activity will be counted towards the donation.
to your display name by entering the code of the cause you would like to support (note: I suggest adding it at the end of your name so you still appear in the correct alphabetic order in your contacts list)

| Im's Text Code | and Cause : |
| *red+u | American Red Cross |
| *bgca | Boys & Girls Club |
| *naf | National AIDS Fund |
| *mssoc | National Multiple Sclerosis Society |
| *9mil | ninemillion.org |
| *sierra | Sierra Club |
| *help | StopGlobalWarming.org |
| *komen | Susan G. Komen for the Cure |
| *unicef | The US fund for UNICEF |
Every time you start a conversation using i’m, Microsoft shares a portion of the program's advertising revenue with some of the world's most effective organizations(listed above) dedicated to social causes.
This is not a joke like the Bill Gates mail giving away millions of dollars to those who forward that email …!!
This is for real …official i'm Initiative website – http://im.live.com
If you have any more questions ask here — > Windows Live Messenger Newsgroup
Note : I normally don't use Microsoft messenger at all.. but for this cause i am gonna encourage people to do so .( as its not available in India yet ) .
Team Im …are you listening ? extend this great cause to India and other countries too…