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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.

Comments

[leora.livejournal.com]

True, but I wouldn't recommend doing that, since taking advantage of an already generous offer might discourage them from doing this sort of thing again.

[littlepurple.livejournal.com]

People can do whatever they like. I'm not sure how me doing this 5 times is any different than telling 4 friends. They are legitimate addresses i use, i did not create them for the sole purpose of taking advantage of 6A and in no way did I try to hide my identity. It's not like I requested a hundred thousand thirty dollar gift certificates with the intent of breaking their bank. I requested 5 in total so i could give 30$ donations to multiple projects.
*shrug*