Comments on: Contest: Mini-Prize Hoedown!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:05:05 +0000

Like all of you, I want to know where all that money came from – the math seems wrong and it isn't like that many projects just got funded.

But I just saw we're at 997 donors! We can drag 3 more donors into this – I'm going to go harass some friends…again.

By: melina

melina — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:01:31 +0000

I mean, holy sweet mother of kittens, $264,715. I just. That is so much money. That is almost as much as the WHOLE social media challenge raised all together last year. Holy crap! By the way, yesterday at this time, the total for the whole challenge was around 300k. Now it's 559k. So *something* happened, in more than one place.

By: Academic

Academic — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:57:26 +0000

Apparently HP thought so much of our awesomeness that they decided to kick in another 50K :) Either way, more books, more desks, more trombones, more smiling kids!!!!

And a tomato will soon be betting red in Atlantic City!!!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:40:24 +0000

Wow, less than $4500 to go to finish all the "imminent deadline" projects…awesome!

By: Confused in Vienna

Confused in Vienna — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:27:45 +0000

And here's the missing link:
http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=279669&challengeid=23248

By: Cristina in Vienna

Cristina in Vienna — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:25:14 +0000

I saw that figure before I got a chance to read the previous posts and almost fell off the couch. Wow, indeed.
Love the idea of finishing those early November posts and course any and all HP credits will be contributed towards the remaining projects.
@Vanessa: don't worry, got a firm eye on the trikes, they'll get them if it's the last thing I do.

This most amazing of all nations has just finished 421 projects as of about an hour ago. Yepeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
@intern of lore: flawless German in there, congratulations!

On a different note: the big project might also be helped by giving it some visibility, as in very small donations from lots of people. That way it'll climb the popularity page and other might be moved to help it along. It sure deserves the chance and the sooner we get it up there the more people see it. So off to take my own advice.

By: Academic

Academic — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:47:43 +0000

Geez awesome… way to give me a heart attack by looking at the totals…. still shell-shocked by the sight of $264,658…. and it got REALLY dusty here.

By: Emerson

Emerson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:13:14 +0000

$263,784? In the manner of the old farmer watching a UFO from his front porch, "What in the…"

By: Deanna

Deanna — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:07:38 +0000

Holy mother of freshly sharpened pencils, where did that huge boost come from? If the funders remain anonymous I shall choose to believe it manifested itself from the sheer power of Awesome.

By: The Rachel

The Rachel — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:59:15 +0000

ZOMG. $263K? I die!