Save The Day: April 4
7 PM update
$24,268! Hell of a day at sea, sirs! (And ma’ams!) That means 25K is nigh — and that means another 25K is nigh, compliments of the DonorsChoose.org board of directors! Here’s how it’ll work: Anna of the Infinite Powers will make a note of each Giving Page’s total at the time we cross the 25K line, and tomorrow (Tuesday) morning, she’ll administer a like amount to the most urgent projects on each Giving Page. So, if your GP made $100, she’ll put another $100 towards the most urgent projects.
Outstanding work, ladies and germs. Truly.
But wait! There’s more! In the next day or two, I will introduce a mystery guest to the Buntcave — so stay tuned for the big reveal!
In the meantime? Scroll down. You could win a little somethin’ somethin’ if you donate to a music-based project by midnight ET. Got a Giving Page? Recruit some donors and get a cash boost!
11:15 AM update
…Oh, hi. $20,083, you say? Fair enough. Here’s what I say: it’s 4/4, so let’s get down with a music theme for today’s mini-prize. Donors to any music-related project between now and midnight ET can win an iTunes gift card — one for $20 and three for $10. Maybe some guitars, maybe some homemade clay instruments, maybe some drums for pre-K (come on: micro-bongos?) — any music-related project, by midnight. No need to forward receipts on this one.
Got a Giving Page? Scroll down for your challenge du jour.
Less than 5K ’til our first big match — save that Monday, Nation!
9 AM update
Good morning, heroes: $19,650. So so close to 20K — let’s do it by lunchtime ET!
And now a little reward for our Giving Pages, who have done such a fantastic job so far. Lovely reader Amy R. is offering a $25 gift code plus a $25 match to the Giving Pages that can add the most new donors between when I post this and midnight ET tonight (April 4). We want more butts in the seats, friends, and we’ve got five (5) of these $50 code/match prizes — recruit like the wind! (Thanks, Amy!)
In the meantime, the Superpage is here, and watch this space for today’s general mini-prize!
Tags: dun dun DUN!
If anyone wants to search our giving page, I have a primitive spreadsheet to search http://tomatohelper.wordpress.com/
Closing in on 20K, Amazing!!!!!
Nice URL. Heh.
Sars, I gave to Donors Choose for the first time ever last Friday. After one more donation and a donation match, the project was funded. The teacher is ecstatic. What a wonderful feeling. Thanks for supporting such a great cause.
So, how does one get a project on the giving page? I have a few teachers at my fav. school I like to support and would love to see them feel the Tomato love!
My brain isn’t working yet. How come every time I go to the Superpage link, it only says we’ve raised $6,000 or so? I want to see the 20K!
May I suggest a mini-challenge? Donating to “urgent” projects, the ones that say “only x days left” in red. Like this one, which is buried deep in the list of projects and as only 11 days left on the clock:
http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=503669&challengeid=136864
I just had the pleasure of making the final donation to fully fund a project. Thanks to all of the other donors who did the legwork before me, these kids will now get to meet an author they’re inspired by. Wow – I haven’t felt this good in a long time. Hope the kids enjoy it.
@Kim: Instructions are in the FAQ (top lefthand side of each page).
@Kona: When you’re on the Superpage, look on the right; you should see a little leaderboard with “Red Planet” etc. on the top. Click that and you’ll get the totals for the entire challenge.
Micro-bongos, you say…
Please make sure project links you post contain the Superpage challenge ID (136864), or that of another Giving Page on the TN leaderboard. Thanks.
If you want to help projects that are BOTH URGENT and IMPORTANT take a look at our FIRE! FIRE! Help or We Will Expire in Hours! Fire! Giving Page. So often these projects don’t get noticed so we made a GP just for them!
Going with the music theme of the day we just put 6 music projects that are LESS THAN $50 to complete on the T-Nation Jeopardy Giving Page. CHECK IT OUT!
@Anon – I’m so glad that this project got funded; I didn’t have much to give, but I have great faith in the Nation. I remember how excited I was to meet Jean George when I was in fourth grade (My Side of the Mountain), Katherine Paterson in sixth grade (Bridge to Terabithia, et al), and just 2 years ago Stephen Sondheim. Meeting the creators of works that I have enjoyed was an amazing experience!
@Ann Davis – Thanks so much for setting up that page! I love the size my Grinchy heart swells to when I get to compete a project. And one from my hometown for a school that HAS NO LIBRARY. So, so tragic. YAY for books!
@Wehaf – I funded that project before I even clicked on your link! Great tomato minds think alike.
@mspaul – And now it’s fully funded! Awesome!
$25K! Niiiiiiice!
THANK YOU, Tomato Nation! I appreciate the $50 that TN citizens Kim and Tom made to our “Bon Appétit: Exploring World Cultures with Food” project. My high-poverty, rural kids can’t wait to get this one funded!
$25K!
I am loving the Fire Fire and the Jeopardy pages – I justed finished off a project that needed $2! I saw that $2 and that paper boy on the bike from Better Off Dead flashed in my head and I had to finish it off.
That Jeopardy page is awesome. Found a project there that only needed $11. $11!! How could I not hit that??
Oh, I am so excited! The drums for pre-k “micro-bongos” (as you called them) are for my students! (And that word is just making me laugh. IDK, it’s just a funny word. LOL) I’ve been away from the computer most of the day… how I wish I had seen this post earlier! Thank you, Tomato Nation, for all of your support to my students & classroom! Outstanding work on reaching the $25K match!!!!
I just used my mini-prize gift code to fund owl pellet dissection kits, eye ball dissections, and worm composting kits. So much fun for me; hope it is fun for all the kids!
Glad you are loving our FIRE! FIRE! and T-Nation Jeopardy <$50 to complete GP. We like to focus on the URGENT & IMPORTANT projects plus an easy way to find the least amount to complete. Stop by if you haven't visited us yet! Thanks to all who help these classrooms!
@Rebecca U – Agreed; the Fire Fire and Jeopardy pages are brilliant!