Okay, I spent a week spending lots of money on Christmas presents and such, so I felt guilty about my spending and thought I should give a bit more consideration to this whole giving-five-dollars-a-day-away thing. Plus I'm wondering who will ever read this. How do blogging people get readers? And why am I blogging about this anyway? Is it just to brag?
But then I remembered that I've been spending that money on coffee anyway, and that even if people don't read this, I still like the idea of it, and even if it is bragging, my original intent with the blog was to show people that they can be doing neat things for just five dollars, and hey, what's that thing Cassius Clay said?
Anyhow, I donated $5 today to Donors Choose, which if you're not familiar is a website where teachers can post projects and get them funded. I started thinking about this website awhile ago because I have a friend who Teaches For America in North Carolina, and the process of getting books that weren't in the standard curriculum required her getting hold of the books herself. That stuff is pricey! I believe she ended up getting help from her church, but some teachers don't have that option, and this is where a website like Donors Choose can be amazing.
I ended up going onto the website and seeing that The Hunger Games is a trending topic on there (or whatever the Donors Choose version of "trending topic" is--I'm too lazy to look it up right now). I've read The Hunger Games and boy howdy did I get addicted. It was like my Harry Potter addiction all over again. And then I remembered how when the Harry Potter books came out, it made the news that children all over were telling their parents "but I don't WANT to go to the movies; I want to read!" And golly, does that just make my heart soar. So I donated to a project requesting money to buy the Hunger Games books for "reluctant readers" in the teacher's classroom.
Here's the exact link to the project.
Donating was completely easy, although the lowest suggested donation is $10. They don't even ask for a billing address. Totally simple.
Here's hoping I keep this up for the rest of the week...
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