Just an update on the DonorsChoose drive for this year. I've removed some funded challenges from my drive, and added a whole lot more. In general they're either bioscience related, or, they're projects from really poor schools. This year I haven't raised much money through my drive, though some of the other ScienceBlogs are doing really well on the Leaderboard. Obviously "winning" isn't that big of a deal here, but both years this weblog's challenges have finished out really strong, so I'm not too worried....
(shout out to those who gave early!)
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For the month of October--and for the third year in a row--ScienceBlogs will be teaming up with the DonorsChoose Bloggers Challenge to raise money for worthy classroom projects. This year, they've added a nifty blog widget, which I've posted at the top of my left sidebar. So, if you're in a…
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Every year at ScienceBlogs, we do a charity drive for
DonorsChoose.org. If you haven't heard of them, DonorsChoose is a charity that takes proposals from schoolteachers, and lets people pick specific proposals to donate money to. We run our charity challenge through the month of October.
For…