Just FYI: a DonorsChoose gift card is a great idea. The recipient gets to browse teachers' projects and pick one to fund, and when the project is complete, several weeks to months later, they'll get a letter from the teacher and thank-you notes from students.
I just got the thank-you package for one of the projects I contributed to during my DonorsChoose Challenge, and it was adorable. I also received a generous gift in my name from one of my readers - thank you! - so I get to look forward to even more thank-yous down the line. It's a feel-good experience all around.
PS. no, they totally do not pay me or Sb to say this. :)
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Thanks to SEED's matching Bloggers Challenge funds and some generous donors who gave me DonorsChoose gift certificates for Christmas, I got to push several worthy projects to completion this winter (by "topping off" their funding).
Thank-you cards and notes have been trickling in from the DonorsChoose fundraiser last fall, most of which I haven't bothered to post. The latest batch had two pictures that were too good not to pass along, though:
After being prompted by GrrlScientist and Prof John Lynch, I took this test again remembering that I scored in the 79th percentile before we joine