{"id":145,"date":"2009-09-23T05:05:23","date_gmt":"2009-09-23T10:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyviewsandreviews.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/2009\/09\/23\/donors-choose-what-does-a-charity-site-have-to-do-with-rocks-and-gems\/"},"modified":"2009-09-23T05:05:23","modified_gmt":"2009-09-23T10:05:23","slug":"donors-choose-what-does-a-charity-site-have-to-do-with-rocks-and-gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/2009\/09\/23\/donors-choose-what-does-a-charity-site-have-to-do-with-rocks-and-gems\/","title":{"rendered":"Donors Choose: What Does a Charity Site Have to do with Rocks and Gems?"},"content":{"rendered":"
…it has everything to do with the future…with instilling in school kids an interest in Rocks, Gems and the World around them.<\/div>\n
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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. <\/div>\n
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The reason that I always check Donors Choose<\/a> 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.<\/div>\n
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Donors Choose<\/a> 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!<\/div>\n


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\"America's<\/a>Donors Choose reported:<\/a> 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.<\/i><\/p>\n
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Here is an example – Mr A’s Fifth Grade Classroom in Arkansas:<\/b><\/div>\n
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Science Rocks!<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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“I am a fifth grade classroom teacher. I teach all content areas. I have 24 students in my classroom. My school is at the 50 percent poverty level.<\/span><\/p>\n

My students get excited over hands-on activities and experiments. My limited supply budget will not cover the costs of these materials. My students… <\/span>MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This is a great graphic that shows “How This Works…<\/b><\/div>\n
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  • to a classroom project<\/li>\n
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