Donors Choose: What Does a Charity Site Have to do with Rocks and Gems?

…it has everything to do with the future…with instilling in school kids an interest in Rocks, Gems and the World around them.

When I am thinking about charitable giving I always try to tie it in to the fields that interest me. Jewelry as an “Arts Program” is being cut from most school curriculums – BUT – you can always find an Earth Sciences teacher who needs help with rocks for classroom activities or buses to take a fieldtrip to the Natural History Museum.

The reason that I always check Donors Choose first is that I get to direct where my funds go – so look to see what the needs are in your region and help some school kids today! The first time I got a huge envelope of thank you notes from a classroom of 3rd Graders that spent an afternoon at the LA Museum of Natural History the feeling was overwhelming.

Donors Choose just completed a great Back To School Campaign – thousands of people joined to meet the needs of students and teachers heading back to school in America’s Back to School Challenge!

Donors Choose reported: In just two short weeks, you’ve helped close to 150,000 students in all 50 states. While we didn’t quite reach the goal of $500,000 for 1,000 classrooms, we got incredibly close ($466,000) — and almost doubled our support over last year during an especially tough time for public schools. On behalf of the classrooms we serve, thank you again.