More to Give, if You Can Spare

Via WOC phd. I really like the causes and her personal choices!

Here is how DonorsChoose works:

Here’s how it works: teachers register with the site and upload projects they want sponsored. Recent examples include podcast equipment for a high school journalism class in Newton, Kan. ($582 needed), basic art supplies like paint and magic markers for a fourth-grade class in Brooklyn ($370), and a bass guitar for an after-school music program in Los Angeles ($723). DonorsChoose acts as the middle man, purchasing the materials and shipping them and a disposable camera to the teachers who made the requests. (Donors later receive thank-you notes from the students along with photos.)

Last year, with the help of an $11 million “investment” (read: donation) from Web heavyweights like eBay (eBay) founder Pierre Omidyar, Yahoo cofounder David Filo, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla and Netflix (NFLX) founder Reed Hastings, the site moved beyond a dozen or so states and geographic areas to offer services to every school in the country. So far, Donorschoose.org has raised $24 million to get support to 1.4 million students in 50 states. Nearly 60,000 projects have been funded. And that’s only the beginning of Best’s vision for the organization.

Here’s where you come in. Starting Wednesday, check out the Blogger Challenge on Donorschoose.org/bloggers.

Slant Truth and other bloggers from Afrospear are specifically pointing people to donations that support African American educational needs. Please consider giving by clicking on the link to Kevins post at the beginning of this paragraph or joing the fundraising efforts yourselves on your blogs.

• Feminist History ($459 needed)
• Sexual Violence Education ($168 needed)
  
• Teen Moms’ Health and Wellness ($72 needed - ? days left)
• Book Club for Girls ($520 needed)
• Supporting Women Writers/ Supporting Girl Students ($356 needed)
• Bones and Science ($270 needed - 19 days left)
  
• Sports Programs for girls ($424 needed - 23 days left)
• Engineering Ed for Girls ($173)
• Reading about the Mexicana immigration experience to provide hope to ESL girl learners ($450 needed)
• Reading that is not “so gay” - GLBTQ reading to raise awareness ($308)
  
• Self-Sufficient Classrooms - book making, photography, marketing for immigrant youth ($126 needed)
• Gay Straight Alliance T-Shirts ($184)
  
• Dr. Seuss and Eric Carle in Spanish ($148 needed - 6 days left to donate)
• Picture Flash cards for ESL Kindergartners ($121 needed - 17 more days to donate)
• Sherman Alexie books for Native American students ($66 needed - 36 days left to donate)
• Digital Story Telling (And Research Methods) for 5th Graders ($108 needed - ? days left)
• Busy Bee Bags - at home learning for low income students ($140 needed - ? days)
• Theater Arts for ESL 6th Graders ($38 needed - ? days)
• Help Military Families with Math ($144 needed -? days)
• Computer for ESL/New Immigrant High School Classroom ($73 needed - ? days)
• Hear Myself Sound Phones for ESl students ($116 needed - ? Days)
• Music Soothes the Soul - using music to learn ($160 needed - ? days)
• Math Boost - math help for immigrants, homeless, military, multiple needs 2nd graders ($147 needed - ? days)
• Gardening Tools - math, science, eco-friendly knowledge ($106 needed)
• Quiet Time Reading - literacy project for high schoolers ($126 needed)
• Science Texts for 3rd graders ($94 needed)
• Theme boxes for differently-abled youth ($522 needed)
• ADA Compliant Computers ($1042 needed)
• Hands on Learning - manipulatives for differently-abled youth ($237 needed)
• SAT Prep for students with LDRs ($180 needed)
• Document Camera for visual learners ($1, 094 needed 20 days left)
• Multi-Culti Books for Differently-Abled Learners ($297)
• ADA Phys Ed ($413)
• Special Needs Science Program ($1,022)
• Job Skills Ed - for differently abled high school students ($525)
• Communication Technology for students with communication and cognitive disorders ($1,013 needed - 29 days left)
• Brain Snacks ($307)