“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.
From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.
Helping public schools, winning prizes, sending a crazy lady in a tomato costume out in public.
Monologues, travelogues, fiction, and fart humor. And hens. Don’t forget the hens.
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55 percent. That’s close to twenty thousand dollars. In 27 hours.
Y’all don’t fuck around, do you.
What a coincidence, neither do I. Time for another mini-prize! Let’s tackle some classroom supplies. Receipts forwarded to me for this project are eligible to win a Staples gift certificate. You’re still in the pool for the main prizing as well, of course.
I’ve (re-)discovered a few things over the course of the recent Days Of Rage. Some of them are great!
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a lonely girl in possession of a library card must be in want of a twin. The child who spends a lot of time in books also spends …
Dear Sars,
Welcome back! Dear cracking dry hands season, not so much. I’m here to ask you/the readers about a product I could swear I saw mentioned on the Vine ages ago, but I can’t find …
I had to go for the new non-jurassic computer. Mine is too much a part of me to allow me not to support its brethren. :)
56%! I see a giant tomato invading NYC!
…er, not to insinuate that YOU are giant, Sars… just that a tomato costume brings with it a certain amount of size, you know….
It’s so hard to choose! They’re all worthy :)
I changed my mind half a dozen times… Went with the writing centre for ESL students.
I think the TN Readers’ theme song is now officially “We Do Not F*ck Around” by Viva Voce.
Sars — do we need to forward a receipt to be in the running for general prizes? Or is that automatic?
Wohoo! I just donated…and then realized that I have no idea what email address we are forwarding our confirmations to. I can’t seem to find it on the site (it’s early, haven’t had coffee). Can you guys help a girl out?
sars at tomatonation dot com — all this information is on the contest page, which you can find right here: https://tomatonation.com/?page_id=1625. But yes, you need to forward me your receipt yourself in order to be entered.
That’s AMAZING!!!! I won’t have extra money until the middle of the month :( … can’t wait to contribute, but things are going so well I may not have the chance! Congratulations, SARS!
*headdesk* Why yes, I can read. Thanks.
(BTW, I’m the first Karen. The second Karen is someone else, which makes me think I need to start using a more distinctive name.)
I have been trying all morning to make a donation and the web site is not working for me. Is anyone else having this problem? Maybe the Tomato Nation users are overwhelming their web site with all the donations?
60 percent. Sars, what are we going to do for the rest of the month?
Donna, I had the same problem yesterday. I could’ve sworn I’d completed the process right, and I kept waiting for the confirmation e-mail, and I haven’t recieved word. Maybe we are jamming the site, or maybe there are other problems. If you don’t get through today, I’ve had luck with their toll-free numbers in the past. I wasn’t able to make the gaggle of gift certificates I wanted to give out for Christmas last year and I called them up and they were way enthused to help me out….
Just a thought. Also, Donors Choose gift certificates for Stocking Stuffers absolutely rock. Haven’t had a complaint yet. Tell your friends!
Just to clarify…let’s say we hit 50K. (Which we’ll probably do on, like, Thursday). Will you keep posting projects for us to fund? I kind of dig seeing what the combined power of Lycopersicon-philes can get up to. So plenty of projects posted all the way to Halloween, regardless of total amount raised?
SIXTY-ONE PERCENT.
Scarlett: Not sure yet. I’m on four hours’ sleep today so I’m mostly focused on what we’ve got in front of us right now, but if/when we hit the initial goal, I’ll take it from there.
I wish I could have given more, but it felt good to get us a little closer to “Tomato Takes Manhattan.”
I can’t get my donation to go through. But I’ll keep at it! I wish I could singlehandedly fund the Lion King project…everyone should have the chance to see a Broadway show in their lifetime.
I’ll post this elsewhere shortly, but if you’re having issues, my friend Zach Walker at DC Donor Customer Service is happy to help you out: zach@donorschoose.org.