1 PM update
80K is in sight, everyone — $79,007!
Got $20 you’d like to finish off a project with? Check out Ann D.’s mini-prizes (just scroll down)! It’s a gratifying way to help out for not …

7:30 PM update
$74,892 — so close to 75K and another match! Outstanding push, weekend crew; I’m very pleased.
Don’t forget that you still have several hours to qualify for this weekend’s spring shopping prize-travaganza — shirts, …

10 AM update
$70,912 — great work! Thanks again to Charmaine for that rad promotion, and all her hard work. And at 75K, we have $2,500 more coming in. I have no doubt we can polish …

I’m looking for the title of a young-adult book. It takes place in Copenhagen, either during or right after WWII. A girl and her mother have fallen on hard times, and need to rent out …

2:30 PM update
$68,165 — great job! And big huge thanks to the M. clan for the 1K match: M. Giant, M. Edium, and Trash. M. Edium even pimped DonorsChoose.org to his playdate! That’s what I’m …

(“…Poot!”)
As much as I love spring baseball, because it’s baseball and thank God and can we all please stop talking about stupid college basketball please?, it does rain a lot in the spring, so I …

10 PM update
$64,834 at the moment; almost 3K on the day! It’s tough to sustain that initial pace, and anecdotal evidence suggests to me that some of you still have paychecks to wait for and …

I have a social-media etiquette question. Is it ever okay to tell someone the truth about why you unfollowed them on Twitter?
A little backstory here. “Nina” is a friend of mine from childhood. We were …

8:15 PM update
As of this writing, $61,134. Solid work! And don’t forget, you still have nearly four hours to donate and qualify for a shot at a $100 Zappos gift card! Any project on the …

7: 30 PM update
$56,750. Damn good first five days, Nation. We’ve got a 1K match coming at 66K — but this is sometimes the hard part. This is sometimes where it feels like a boulder …