Adopt a Word, the fundraising website we designed for children’s communication charity, I CAN, reached its first birthday in October. To celebrate, we’ve given the site a makeover by adding some exciting new functionality. Visitors can now explore a dynamic ‘wordiverse’ containing thousands of words by hovering over an interactive panel. Words that are available for adoption appear in green text, those already adopted are orange, celebrity adoptions are purple and corporate adoptions are shown in blue. There have been over 1900 adoptions in the first year - but there are still plenty to choose from!
We have also introduced an interactive word wheel to explore the different corporate and celebrity adoptions – Terry Jones has recently plumped for ‘python’ and Sir Paul McCartney has adopted the word ‘gift’.
You can now also send a gift email directly from the site when you adopt a word for someone else. Words make great presents for those ‘difficult to buy for people’ on your Christmas shopping list or to help solve those last minute panics. Best of all, by adopting a word you’ll be helping children with communication difficulties.
To check out the new wordiverse and to adopt a word visit www.adoptaword.com