This is such a neat & FREE way for you to help out a teacher/students you know or don't know, near you or far away. DonorsChoose is a nonprofit that teachers can submit grant requests to; then donors can go online to their website and find projects they want to give to. Donors can give anything from tiny to grand ($1 to the-sky-is-the-limit!). Once a teacher has reached full funding, DonorsChoose orders and ships the materials to the teacher, the teacher and students take photos and write thank you letters to send to their donors. It's AWESOME! I've given and received through DonorsChoose, and it is just a great experience all the way around!
Here's where the FREE part comes in. If you go to www.earthdayphotocontest.com you can choose your favorite photo, provide your email and birthdate and Microsoft sends you a $5 giving card to use on a project of your choosing. So, let's review- all you have to do is vote for a photo and enter your email & birthday. Check your email and get the online code for the gift card and go visit DonorsChoose to choose the class/teacher you want to give your $5 to. You can do this EVERY DAY until April 19th. What a great deal!!!
If you've never given to this organization, I promise you that you will TREMENDOUSLY bless a teacher when you do, not to mention his/her students! I've written and received about 20 funded projects in not quite two years and have so many wonderful, rich learning materials now that have helped my kids learn so much more! It's AMAZING!!!
And if you don't know a teacher and have no idea who to share your money with, you can just choose a teacher/class from their site or I "just happen" to know this great guy, named Rob, who teaches in the inner city, rough part of Winston-Salem, who is trying to get a document camera for his students. :) :) :)
