{"id":5544,"date":"2010-10-12T15:50:46","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T22:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/?p=5544"},"modified":"2010-10-12T15:50:46","modified_gmt":"2010-10-12T22:50:46","slug":"donorschoose-challenge-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/12\/donorschoose-challenge-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"DonorsChoose Challenge 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/donors\/viewChallenge.html?id=80652&#038;max=50\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/files\/2010\/10\/u548696_sm.jpg\" alt=\"u548696_sm\" width=\"210\" height=\"158\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5549\" \/><\/a>  Time once again (slightly late, actually) for our annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/donors\/viewChallenge.html?id=80652&amp;max=50\">DonorsChoose fundraising challenge<\/a>.  It&#8217;s a great program. Public school teachers around the U.S. ask for small amounts of money for their classrooms, and the donor &#8212; that&#8217;s you &#8212; gets to pick exactly how much you give, and to what project.  It will break your heart to hear about elementary-school kids in high-poverty areas who need a few bucks to buy whiteboards or calculators.  But these basic tools can make a huge difference in inspiring someone to get excited about math and science.  Check out some of these projects:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/donors\/viewChallenge.html?id=80652&amp;max=50\"><strong>Cosmic Variance Challenge 2010<\/strong><\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>and see if you aren&#8217;t moved to throw a few bucks their way.<\/p>\n<p>As before, we are part of a larger <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/donors\/motherboard.html?motherboardId=16\">Science Bloggers Challenge<\/a>.  A little friendly competition is good for the soul, and for the donating.  Now, in the past, the readers here at Cosmic Variance have done <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/2010\/01\/18\/donors-receive\/\">incredibly well in donating<\/a> &#8212; over $12,000 last year!  Not sure how that happened, honestly.  You guys are good.  Can we possibly do even better?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/donors\/viewChallenge.html?id=80652&amp;max=50\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/files\/2010\/10\/ScienceBlogHPGPBanner.jpg\" alt=\"Donors Choose Science Blog Challenge\" width=\"500\" height=\"113\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5545\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One thing that will help is that your donations are leveraged.  The folks at Hewlett Packard have agreed to <strong>match any donation up to $50,000<\/strong>.  (Not that we would object if you chose to give more, but it&#8217;s not strictly necessary.)  So every dollar you give is two dollars of impact.<\/p>\n<p>And who know?  Maybe there will be gifts for people who are especially generous.  We&#8217;re not above bribery.  Any ideas for what would constitute a good bribe?<\/p>\n<p>Also!  If any other bloggers want to put up a post encouraging their readers to donate at our page, we will be very happy to link back to them with assorted compliments.  Heck, we&#8217;ll even link to tweeters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time once again (slightly late, actually) for our annual DonorsChoose fundraising challenge. It&#8217;s a great program. Public school teachers around the U.S. ask for small amounts of money for their classrooms, and the donor &#8212; that&#8217;s you &#8212; gets to pick exactly how much you give, and to what project. 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