Donors Choose

So eight of you, besides me, so far, think that Donors Choose is a worthy cause. The generous eight have had an impact on 305 students! (See the Leaderboard for details.) Anybody else? Also, remember the cool prizes available if you donate. Chad at Uncertain Principles has harangued his readers but I certainly wouldn't do that to you. I merely direct you to his harangue.
Apparently the shabby prizes I am offering are not enough to entice very many of you to donate to Donors Choose. But perhaps you will perk up and open your wallets when you see what Seed is giving away to generous readers! In addition to the $15,000 in matching funds that Seed is putting up for the challenges themselves, DONORS can enter to win one of the following: 1 fresh, new iPod nano 21 "Seed Hearts Threadless" tee shirts 21 ScienceBlogs mugs 21 subscriptions to Seed magazine 9 copies of "The Best American Science Writing 2007" How does this work? Simple: interested donors can…
I know I would. So how do you do that? Well, Seed Media Group will help you by matching your donation. The first $15,000 in donations made through the Scienceblogs Challenge will be matched by Seed Media Group through its Science Literacy Grants. From the press release: Seed Media Group is launching the Seed Media Group Science Literacy Grants, a commitment valued at $100,000 through a combination of cash (matching contributions of funds raised on its online community site Scienceblogs) and in-kind advertising (in its print magazine Seed and on Scienceblogs). Today, science affects every…
Thanks to those of you who have donated so far! You've helped get the TSZ challenge to 39% of fulfillment! The way Donors Choose works, more than one person can add a proposal to a challenge, and/or individuals could choose to donate to a proposal separate from a challenge. That's why you will see that some of the proposals on my challenge list have been fully funded even though I have not yet reached my challenge funding goal. So I've added a few new proposals to the list for you to choose from, if you are still considering donating. Here are a few of them: Put Science Back in the…
Dr. Free-Ride has provided a nice summary of how the Science Bloggers' Challenge for Donors Choose is going so far. And can you believe those readers over at Mike Dunford's blog? They've already maxed out his challenge! And you all are no slouches either...look at Dr. Free-Ride's top five lists. You've put Thus Spake Zuska in all of 'em. I know we can do even better! And besides, don't you all want a magnet? Or chance to win a t-shirt????? Or, at the very least, that happy feeling inside that comes from knowing you did something good to help our teachers and kids? Remember, if you…
So, I see that sly Dr. Free-Ride is bribing her readers with promises of poems and original artwork from the sprogs and writing blog entries on the topic of their choice if only they will contribute to Donors Choose. Very clever, very clever indeed. And not to be outdone, Sciencewoman is promising a personalized handprint from Minnow to anyone who donates $25 or more to her challenge. What to do, what to do? I have not written a poem since my teen years. Though as a 7-yr-old, I did launch the entrepreneurial Poem Manufacturing Company, which promised you a poem on the topic of your…
I wasn't a part of ScienceBlogs yet last June for the first Donors Choose fund-raiser, but I sure am glad to be able to participate this year. If you haven't heard of Donors Choose, here's a quick description: DonorsChoose.org is a simple way to provide students in need with resources that our public schools often lack. At this not-for-profit web site, teachers submit project proposals for materials or experiences their students need to learn. These ideas become classroom reality when concerned individuals, whom we call Citizen Philanthropists, choose projects to fund. A bunch of us…