Category: DonorsChoose Fundraiser

As you may or may not recall, some time back we did a fundraising challenge to raise money for the educational charity Donors Choose. Uncertain Principles readers donated a little over $1,200, and ScienceBlogs in general raised about $34,000. When I kicked in my money, I forgot to un-check the option to have thank-you notes… Continue reading Happy Children Thank You

I had meant to post something or another yesterday, after we got back, but, well, I was still in vacation mode, and didn’t get around to it. I also didn’t queue up anything for today, thinking that I would write something last night, but I didn’t feel like doing that, either. You may get another… Continue reading Final DonorsChoose Notes

As you have no doubt seen elsewhere on ScienceBlogs, the great DonorsChoose blog challenge ends tomorrow. I won’t actually be here to do a final post on the subject, so this is the last prodding you’ll get from me. As of this morning, the Uncertain Principles challenge entry stands at $996.02, according to the leader… Continue reading Brother, Can You Spare Four Dollars?

Last week’s attempt to shame people into donating to the DonorsChoose fundraiser produced a flurry of donations that brought us up to a respectable $896.02 and third place on the leader board. Which is pretty cool– thanks to all who have donated. The official challenge runs through July 1 (that is, Saturday), and it’d be… Continue reading Poke, Poke, Poke

That’s the inevitable conclusion to be drawn by anyone looking at the DonorsChoose Leaderboard at the moment. So far, we’ve had ten donations to my challenge, raising a total of $395 for deserving school teachers and students, which is good, and I thank those who have contributed. But, man, we’re getting our clocks cleaned in… Continue reading Physicists Are Cheap

I’m really not going to keep flogging the DonorsChoose fundraiser in an active way for the next two weeks (it runs through July 1), so you don’t have to worry about that. I will continue to include the donation button/ link in my posts, though: and occasional updates will follow as events warrant. Collectively, we’re… Continue reading Neverending Pledge Drive

ScienceBlogs Charity Liason Janet Stemwedel provides an update of the first two days of the ScienceBlogs fundraiser for DonorsChoose: over $8,000 in direct contributions, with our Corporate Masters at Seed agreeing to match up to $10,000. Not bad for two days, on a weekend no less. As for the local update, the Uncertain Principles challenge… Continue reading DonorsChoose Update

At the suggestion of our resident ethicist, we’ve decided to try to use the power of ScienceBlogs to do some good. Thus, we present the first-ever ScienceBlogs Charity Fundraiser. Here’s the deal: An organization called Donors Choose solicits proposals from school teachers who want equipment that their districts can’t provide. They then accept donations toward… Continue reading With Great Traffic Comes Great Responsibility