DonorsChoose.org - PFBlogs.org Challenge!
Greetings Earthlings!
I’m in that kind of mood tonight. I just changed my blog template to add a hot new thermometer for the PFBlogs.org Challenge at DonorsChoose.org. (Email me if you want the code for the nifty thermometer for your blog. mapgirlsfiscalchallenge at Google’s mail service dot com. Get it?)
This is being organized by HC of One Big Mortar Board, with the sanction of PFBlogs.org. It’s an awesome idea. Our target is to raise $1500.00 for 4 different projects. It’s actually going to take an estimated $2400.00 to fully fund all 4 projects, but since you people were stingy bastards about Jim’s Make-A-Wish-Foundation fundraiser this summer, I’m going to call you names till you pitch in, er. I mean, since you people were stingy this summer, we’re aiming our target a little on the low side. Dang. That still didn’t come out right.
Please, please, please donate. Many of us bloggers complain about the lack of financial literacy taught in schools, so we’ve targeted some programs which will start bringing it into the classroom. It’s literally time to put your money where your mouth is and support a teacher and class in learning financial responsibility. Don’t let me down!
I pledge $75 to the Lenny Loot project because it’s local to me in DC. I only picked that amount because it’s what the IRS needs for a receipt, etc. Feel free to donate what you can. Each according to their own means. It could be those fancy coffees you didn’t drink for a week. It could be the budget surplus from your grocery bill last month. It could be the cost of a haircut you pushed off for another week or two. It could be the cost of the lunch you skipped buying because you packed. Anything will help.
Does it surprise anyone how small the request amounts of money are? It’s so little to make a huge impact. I find it shocking that they don’t need much at all.
ps- When choosing, you may wish to consider if the program can be used with future students or when the request expires. (We have one that is expiring very soon!)
jim wrote:
Hey Mapgirl, the IRS recently changed their rule such that everything requires a receipt (if they audit you).
Posted on 06-Oct-07 at 6:56 am | Permalink
last in line wrote:
Hey Mapgirl, I just came across your blog and I like. I am on a similar quest to financial security. I am going to bookmark you. Good luck.
Posted on 06-Oct-07 at 10:57 am | Permalink
pfblogs.org speaks » pfblogs.org Financial Literacy Challenge at DonorsChoose wrote:
[…] For more information, see the posts on Consumerism Commentary, One Big Mortar Board, Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge, and An English Major’s Money. […]
Posted on 08-Oct-07 at 8:57 am | Permalink