Donors Choose Ending

Well, everyone, October is over and so is the Donors Choose Challenge. Unlike Sciencewomen who blew me out of the water, I made $129 from 3 donors and helped 16 students. Not too bad for a teeny blog like mine.


However, just because the challenge itself is over, doesn't mean you shouldn't consider donating. The site constantly has teachers adding projects that need help. All donations are tax deductible.

Also, every person that did donate during the challenge will receive a giving card of matching funds (courtesy of HP) to donate the same amount to any project you want! That's super giving! Thanks for your support.

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Donors Choose Final Days

The Donors Choose challenge ends tomorrow so I am imploring one last time: help the kids! You can donate as little as $25 dollars and it can really make a difference in someone's life. Many of the projects I picked at the beginning are completely funded so there are only a few left. Every donation is tax deductible and you always get a nice thank you note from the teacher and students. Did I mention the warm fuzzy feelings you get by helping someone out? You get those, too.

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DonorsChoose Challenge

You may or may not remember, but last year I urged you to support any bloggers participating in the DonorsChoose challenge. This year there is a little friendly competition going on between the big poppa science blogs and us little blogs that belong to the Nature Blog Network. If you don't remember that either, I became a member November of last year. So I am in. I think we can take the bloggers at ScienceBlogs DOWN. Really, it's all in good fun and all for a good cause.

I selected fun science based projects that I think will really encourage children in America to not be so afraid of science. I also chose classrooms that are known to be in high poverty areas. Please try to donate. Even if it's five dollars. Many of the projects I picked have match donations by other foundations as well. If you donate through me, there may be something in it for you later as well. Not trying to bribe or anything. Just to let you know!

I will continue the status updates on this until the competition is over. Please give. If you want to know how DonorsChoose works, please follow this link.

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Making the Difference...

So the amazing women at ScienceWomen started a readers' challenge for through Donors Choose. This website takes applications from public school teachers that are in less fortunate areas of our country for a listing on their site to raise money for school materials. The donations are completely tax deductible and you get those great warm fuzzy feelings. This is an amazing program so I have to give kudos to Alice and ScienceWoman, the two ladies behind the blog, for sending out this challenge. Click the banner below to go to their specific challenge, in which classes chosen were science based, or click the link above to see all the ways you can help. The amounts needed are negligible and it is a shame that schools even need to ask for those quantities for simple things like rulers. Don't buy lunch today and donate $10 to a classroom. It's money better spent!

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