We kicked off the ScienceBlogs/DonorsChoose drive just over 50 hours ago. Since then:
- ScienceBlogs readers have made donations totaling $8498.73
- SEED is matching that $8498.73, and will match up to another $1501.27.
- Doing the math, your donations plus SEED matches means at least $16, 997.46 will go to help teachers and students. But, we're going until July 1, so I know we can do better than that!
- Dave and Greta at Cognitive Daily are sweetening the pot even more -- they'll kick in their own money to add another 10% to any amount you donate to their challenge. (Don't forget, that gets matched by SEED, too!)
- The Pharyngula challenge hit -- and exceeded -- its goal. (Nothing exceeds like excess.) At this point, I leave it to PZ to advise his minions about which of the other bloggers' challenges they ought to support.
- Publish my haiku.
Help teachers help their students.
Hey, I can do both! - So far, exactly 17 readers who have made donations have forwarded their email confirmations from DonorsChoose to sb.donorschoose.bonanza@gmail.com to enter the drawing for fabulous prizes at the end of the drive. We have way more than 17 prizes to give away. Just thought you should know.
- Speaking of the fabulous prizes, I must give a shout-out to editor extraordinaire Mark Taber who got us 10 copies of SAMS Teach Yourself Blogging in a Snap to offer as prizes gratis! Knowing the author, I was psyched that we'd be able to get the book at the "author's copies" price for the drawing, but Mark decided free was better.
Keep up the good work, folks!
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