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[eirias]

This post is worth reading -- LJ is willing to donate $30 to DonorsChoose for every user who sends email to donorschoose@sixapart.com requesting it; basically they'll send you an electronic gift certificate to spend on any of the DonorsChoose projects, which are basically small grants written by teachers in poor communities looking for funding for classroom supplies. (It may be no substitute for adequate funding, but it's a hell of a lot better than teachers taking out loans...) I've donated to DonorsChoose before; it's pretty rewarding, 'cause you eventually get a packet of handwritten thank you letters from the kiddos.

Go! Now! Request your $30 gift certificate! It costs you nothing but a few minutes of project-surfing to figure out where you want to put the money. You have to email the above address by 5 pm, Monday, October 5 or the money goes poof.

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[knell.livejournal.com]

I'd go with that. The poor project's been languishing unfunded and unloved since February - I'm sure enough people on eirias and ukelele's friend lists could club together to add up enough $30s.

(I'm not in the US, but don't have any problem making up a US postal address)