Donors Choose Charity...

...an email I sent out earlier that I would like to share with my readers:

I'm watching the news and they are talking about this charity called Donors Choose and it's for teachers who want to buy books or art supplies or whatever they don't have and can't afford to buy and not in the school budget. I'm watching a Bay Area channel and it was real cool and heartwarming and since I'm not doing Christmas this year (I spent way to much last year!) I figured, well I could give a little something to this cause right? I actually am going to donate to charities this year instead of buying gifts for my family (they got spoiled last year) not a huge amount but at least something to a few different ones that I'm considering and I'm also thinking of donating my time on Christmas day to serve food for the homeless. In this economy giving is way down as people decrease their spending, I am totally one of those people but a little here or there adds up for some of these charities. So I went to the website www.donorschoose.org and found it's a national charity. So then I'm thinking hey, sure I lived in the Bay Area but home for me is South Dakota so I checked there and sure enough...there is one teacher on the rez who needs help. One teacher in the whole state!, so that is where I gave and donated. Plus it was for tech request and y'all know how I am about computers, cell phones, mp3 players...GADGETS! lol so I had to give something and her total goal isn't even a lot, well compared to others. Take a moment and check it out, here is the link for the S.D. teacher (who by the way has had no donations and she posted like in mid November) you'll see my pitifully small donation but every dollar counts... plus I'm posting this on my blog so maybe she will get more donations:
http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?zone=245&id=227988
but if you can donate, anywhere in the nation I'm sure would help. Off the top of my head being a teacher is the only profession I can think of where at times you actually have to spend your OWN money to change the lives of others and not just others, but children. I hope everyone has a Happy Holiday! Peace and love.
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Me
p.s. if you do decide to give, make you sure click the Edit link when you check out!