Donors Choose, kids win
Today one of our sfschools list members posted the following information about the Donors Choose website, and a timely matching donation program. Check this out:
This idea of connecting teacher needs with donors is not new. A few years back craigslist partnered with Cole Hardware to create a similar site. I see that Cole Hardware has continued and refined the effort with their Wishlist Program. Both are excellent programs, but right now the donation matching by BofA makes the Donors Choose site very appealing.
One complaint I have about the Donors Choose site is that it is hard to figure out how to search for proposals from specific schools or specific cities. Eventually I found this search page where you can select the "San Francisco Bay Area" region and the "San Francisco" community. From there you can pick an individual school and review the school's proposals. For instance, Marshall Elementary's proposals are listed here. Or check out all of the programs originating from all schools in San Francisco here. There are so many worthy programs to choose from, and this website makes it so easy to connect your charity with a specific, tangible need. Out of town visitors can zoom in on their locale using the same region, community, and school menus.
And the best news of all? It works. After posting the request earlier today, we heard back from the same person (a teacher at Marshall I presume) with good news:
I know end of the year fund raisers can create some hectic weekends. You can support Marshall Elementary School and any other SFUSD school through DonorsChoose anytime. Some of you may have heard of Donors Choose. It is a website that matches teacher/student needs with donors from around the country.Please take a moment and visit the Donors Choose website. I think this is a brilliant idea. And the Donors Choice website is very nicely done.
During the month of May, Bank of America is funding 50% of most proposals. That doubles your donation! All SF public schools are eligible and many have proposals that qualify for the matching funds. Our school, Marshall Elementary, has a number of proposals posted, so please take a look and see if you'd like to donate to one today.
This idea of connecting teacher needs with donors is not new. A few years back craigslist partnered with Cole Hardware to create a similar site. I see that Cole Hardware has continued and refined the effort with their Wishlist Program. Both are excellent programs, but right now the donation matching by BofA makes the Donors Choose site very appealing.
One complaint I have about the Donors Choose site is that it is hard to figure out how to search for proposals from specific schools or specific cities. Eventually I found this search page where you can select the "San Francisco Bay Area" region and the "San Francisco" community. From there you can pick an individual school and review the school's proposals. For instance, Marshall Elementary's proposals are listed here. Or check out all of the programs originating from all schools in San Francisco here. There are so many worthy programs to choose from, and this website makes it so easy to connect your charity with a specific, tangible need. Out of town visitors can zoom in on their locale using the same region, community, and school menus.
And the best news of all? It works. After posting the request earlier today, we heard back from the same person (a teacher at Marshall I presume) with good news:
Within just a few hours of posting here, I saw that at least three of the Marshall proposals had been fully funded so I have to think it has something to do with the generous and kind-hearted public school supporters who read this list[...] So a very big thanks to everyone involved!Go ahead and make someone's day.
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