If you’d prefer a more positive approach to fundraising, here’s another post to highlight a specific project, one of many that are asking for funding to meet depressingly basic needs. In this case, the proposal is titled “Weighing In”, which is pretty accurate: Our 7th & 8th graders from our classes in Buffalo, NY are […]
Category: DonorsChoose Fundraiser
“New Atheists” Are Cheap Bastards
At least, that’s a conclusion a cynical person might be tempted to draw from the fact that the ScienceBlogs Leaderboard for the DonorsChoose challenge is dominated by us “Neville Chamberlain” types… At present, the ScienceBlogs participating in the Challenge have raised more than $14,000 to help schools and school children. The Seed Media Group (publishers […]
DonorsChoose: Little Scientists
Here’s another post to highlight a worthy proposal with a good science connection. “Little Scientists” is looking to bring marine habitats to pre-kindergarten students in Buffalo: Animals and life sciences are of particular interest to young children, so we try to discover a lot about animals and habitats. We are also very lucky to have […]
DonorsChoose: Cruise the Forest
We’re one week into the DonorsChoose challenge for this year, and readers of this blog have already contributed over $2,000 to help school teachers and students. Those of you who have contributed, thank you very much for your generosity. We’ve still got $4,000 to go to reach the goal for the challenge, though, so there […]
DonorsChoose: Buy This Blog
At the time of this writing, the Uncertain Principles blog challenge stands in first place on the ScienceBlogs Leaderboard, with just under $2,000 in donations so far. That’s almost a third of the challenge goal of $6000 in just three days, which is fantastic. Thank you for your generosity. Of course, that still leaves $4,000 […]
Help School Children: DonorsChoose Challenge 2007
As you may or may not remember from last year, a number of us at ScienceBlogs participated in a charity drive, raising $34,000 for the educational charity DonorsChoose. It’s back again this year, and better than ever: we’ve got our own dedicated leader board, and the event this time out will be a full month, […]
Free Money from Six Apart
If you like free money, Six Apart (owners of Movable Type and LiveJournal) have an offer for you: send them an email, and they’ll send you $30. “What’s the catch?” you say. Because there has to be a catch… And, indeed, there is a catch: the $30 is in the form of a gift certificate […]
Charity Contest Winner
The American Express “Members Project” has selected a winner, though not without a whiff of controversy. Of course, given that the winning project is intended to provide safe drinking water for children, which is exactly the sort of unglamourous but necessary work that really needs more funding, it would be tacky in the extreme to […]
DonorsChoose Update
DonorsChoose, the educational charity we ran a fundraiser for last year, has made it to the final round of five in the American Express Members Project charity giveaway, and they’re looking for votes to help them win $5 million. They’re up against some stiff competition, and really, it’d be churlish to complain about any of […]
Speaking of Charity: Help DonorsChoose
You may or may not remember that we did a ScienceBlogs fundraiser last year for a group called “DonorsChoose” that provides small grants to teachers in poor school districts around the country. We’ll probably do another in September this year (discussions are under way), but right now, they’re involved in the Members Project run by […]