Round Up and Donate

Lyft introduces a new charitable feature: Round Up & Donate.The San Francisco-based company will soon allow passengers to round-up their fares to the nearest dollar and give the difference to charity. Although users do not get to choose a specific charity, they can choose from a variety of causes. As of now, the various cause are the environment, veterans, and LGBT equality. 

This feature greatly aligns with Lyft’s Mission, ‘Sit for Something.’ The company prides itself in making a difference at a grassroots level.

How to

If you are a current Lyft user, enabling this feature is simple. In order to begin donating, you have to enable the roundup and donate feature in the Apps settings. Once the change in settings is made, future fares will be rounded up.

 

About Lyft

Lyft began in San Francisco in 2012. The smaller of the two-ride share companies, Lyft competes greatly with Uber. However, with Uber’s recent bad publicity, Lyft has grown tremendously. A fun fact about Lyft, all drivers put large pink mustaches on the grill of their vehicles. Lyft positions itself as a low-cost alternative to yellow cabs.

 

To see the full release from Lyft:https://blog.lyft.com/posts/sit-for-something