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Contest: Welcome to Matchdome
October 30, 2009 – 8:41 AM | 93 Comments
Contest: Welcome to Matchdome

…Okay, proud Nation.   It’s the 30th.   $275,660 right now; 1,068 of you have given to 44,801 students in the last 30 days.
Others of you have given prizes; shared and forwarded and cheerled; watched …

Contest: Ocean’s 300K
October 29, 2009 – 10:09 AM | 31 Comments
Contest: Ocean’s 300K

…Well, well, well.   $271,888. Five grand in a day.   It’s a pleasure working with you.
Just a little more work left to do: keep in mind, reaching 280K by Saturday at 5 PM qualifies …

Contest: The Final Countdown
October 28, 2009 – 8:32 AM | 35 Comments
Contest: The Final Countdown

Head-banging synchronized with synthesizer chords compliments of Europe.   $266,851 compliments of Tomato Nation, Asirda, HP, Jenn and Wiley, and $ and His Mysterians.
And like the little green Jedi once said…there is another.
A gentleman …

Contest: Warm and fuzzy feelings
October 27, 2009 – 10:35 PM | 24 Comments
Contest: Warm and fuzzy feelings

UPDATED WITH MORE PRIZE-AGE.   SCROLL DOWN.
Good morning, friends.   What’s up?   Ohhhh right, of course.   $131,137 raised; 953 donors (welcome, first-timers!); and 40,422 students reached.
Hell of a weekend at sea.
In case you …

Contest: Well, That Happened
October 27, 2009 – 7:08 PM | 124 Comments

(tm State and Main)
From Candice, our HP-ologist:
Actually, that is no mistake! :) We ran the percentages of Giving Page totals against the support that HP is providing to Social Media Challenge donors and Tomato Nation’s …

Contest: Mini-Prize Hoedown!
October 27, 2009 – 10:26 AM | 42 Comments

Your mission today — during which we survey our domain from a lofty peak of $133,805 — is to knock off a few November-expiration projects before HP hands out those giving cards.   Not sure …

Contest: TN + HP = Aw.
October 26, 2009 – 9:02 PM | 35 Comments

(And “awe.”   And “some.”)
(…YOU GUYS.)
(eeee!)
So, anyone want to know what’s going on with the HP match? I thought so.   My new friend Candice at DCHQ broke it down for me earlier today, as …

Contest: Perchance to dream
October 26, 2009 – 12:08 AM | 9 Comments

As of this writing, $130,566 in the Bet Red bank and $300,071 overall. That looks like a 43.5-ish percentage to me.
More information to come when I have it — not sure how the HP match …

Contest: Master Tomatohead
October 25, 2009 – 9:06 PM | 43 Comments
Contest: Master Tomatohead

Harder than it looked to execute, given Squirmy McGiggleton’s interesting in teething on the tomato leaf, but: baby in tomato, as promised.

Contest: Sunday drive
October 25, 2009 – 11:09 AM | 43 Comments

$118,266. That’ll teach me to sleep in during the contest.
Please see the below entry for this weekend’s fabulous prizes, and why we need to raise a shit-ton of money by tonight so that HP can …