This is by far my new favorite charitable organization:  DonorsChoose.org.

Last November, a blogger I read had posted a challenge.  They were trying to raise a certain amount of money for this charity.  I checked it out and picked a project to donate to.  A first grade teacher in a high-poverty school was in need of books for her classroom.   We donated $58 (incidentally, we spent more than that at the Seaview book fair this year).

Then I was delighted to receive an email gift certificate from Donors Choose, allowing us to donate another $10 to a project of our choice.  So back out to the site I went, and donated to a project for a Seattle classroom.

This week, I was shocked to receive two packets in the mail… one from each of the teachers we had donated to.  The packets included a full disclosure of how the funds were spent, a letter from DonorsChoose, a letter from the teacher, pictures of the kids with their new materials, and personalized letters from the kids, thanking us for our contributions!

I highly highly recommend supporting education and kids in high poverty schools through this organization.

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