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Save The Day: April 22

Submitted by on April 22, 2011 – 8:32 AM14 Comments

1:30 PM update

$116,195. And don’t forget all the gift-card goodies available today — scroll down for more details!

Forget why we do this? Teacher Dana F. will remind you:

Thank you!! Seriously…thank you! Since I wrote you I have had 2 more donations thanks to Tomato Nation! I am sooo close. I seriously got teary-eyed when I thought about how your efforts by choosing to focus on DonorsChoose are helping to make so many projects reach completion. What I get most excited about is being able to tell my students about each new donation and how people all over the country care about them and their learning. So thank you, a million times over!

Aw.

And speaking of “aw,” reader Nicole made a mini-prize — literally! It’s a teeny tiny little book (28 x 29 mm) with a tomato on the cover, and if you give to any book-related project today, you could win it — or a $20 gift card from Barnes & Noble! Forward me those receipts by midnight ET tonight!

8:30 AM update

$115,652! Marvelous. Less than 10K ’til our next match! $ and the Mysterians will drop 5K on us at the halfway mark; keep calm and carry on!

Today’s first awesome batch of mini-prizes comes from Ellie H. and the We Are a Part of Tomato Nation Giving Page. Here’s Ellie with more info:

We are a group of 47 teachers from across the United States who belong to the “DonorsChoose $1 Giving Game” group on Facebook. Our giving page, “We Are a Part of Tomato Nation,” wants to let donors know that even a $1 donation will help a classroom! We are donating the following prizes: a $25 Donors Choose Gift Card (Ellie), a $15 Barnes and Noble gift card (We Are a Part of Tomato Nation), a $10 Donors Choose gift card (We Are a Part of Tomato Nation), and a $25 Amazon.com gift card (We Are a Part of Tomato Nation).

Just donate to any project on the WAaPoTN Giving Page before midnight ET, and you’re eligible to win! In honor of Earth Day, we’d like to suggest these environmentally-friendly projects.

More mini-prizes later (you won’t believe HOW mini!) (so cute, guys). New to the site/the contest? Browse the FAQ!

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