Charity on the auction block

There's a simple, rather ingenious plan at work on the website BiddingForGood. They sell you things you were probably going to buy anyway and give the proceeds to a partner local charity. Everyone wins. "All of the proceeds for items sold go to support the particular charity," says Helen Stefan, of cMarket, the company behind the site. "So when someone buys field-level tickets to the Red Sox, or theater tickets, or dining certificates, they are helping to support cancer research, education, homelessness, animal welfare, etc. . . ." Right now you can bid on everything from a chance for your kids to work with the ball boys at a Celtics game to a makeover from a celebrity stylist. Get shopping! biddingforgood.com