:Title:    Food for Thought/DonorsChoose in AWARE
:Author:   Mark Grimes
:Date:     Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:17:25 PDT
:URL:      http://www.ned.com/group/aware/news/2/

Continue your discussions about Charles Best, DonorsChoose, and engaged citizen driven philanthropy right here.  If you want to return to the article please `click here`_.

.. _`click here` : http://www.awaremagazine.net/0102/Feature0102_Donorschoose.html



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**Comments**

:Author:   Mark Grimes
:Date:     Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:45:26 PDT

  *I love the idea of competitive philanthropy*

By all accounts the `DonorsChoose blogger challenge`_ is doing extremely well - it took them just six days to reach $130,000 in donations, which will provide nearly 10,000 students from low income families with books, art supplies, technology, and other resources they need to learn.

.. _`DonorsChoose blogger challenge` : http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/donorschoose-doing-well-but-fred-wilson-needs-to-be-stopped/

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:Author:   someone (at) caminonuevo.org
:Date:     Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:47:22 PST

I am a teacher who has personally been funded many proposals through Donors Choose and from the Chambers- Beck Family. This works and it is easy. I am so grateful for the generosity people throughout the past couple of years have shown by funding my proposals. Charles Best is a genius!

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:Author:   Evvy Bryning
:Date:     Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:59:18 PST

Good to hear. It is always so helpful to get a report from someone with personal experience.

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