I have a challenge for you...

Donors Choose is a great organization that allows you to connect to classrooms in need by donating money through their online charity. Teachers post requests for money to buy school supplies or to start enrichment programs, or even go on study abroad trips with their students. Gracious people donate their money and the students benefit enormously! I haven't posted any requests but some of my friends at charter schools have and it has really helped them to be able to provide a quality education for their students. I have donated before, and this is how.

I was on a search for technology useful to the classroom when I came across education.skype.com (see this previous blog post for more information). The really neat thing was that after I signed up, skype gave me a $25 credit to use on donors choose! How awesome is that? So I searched through all the different projects and chose to sponsor a study-abroad trip for a group of students to go to Costa Rica. I'd rather go on the trip than just donate (who wouldn't) but I'm so happy I'm able to help them enrich their Spanish experience. There are so many different types of projects from which to choose. It was a very difficult, yet fun, decision. And good news! The project just became fully funded as of 5 hours ago! Yay!

Here's my challenge to anyone who reads this blog. I challenge you to make a positive difference in someone's education.There are three different ways to accomplish this challenge. Option 1) If you have a skype account, sign up for education.skype.com. You don't have to plan on using it; you don't even have to be a teacher. Just sign up so that you can get the credit and then DONATE to Donors choose! Option 2) If you don't have a skype account, sign up for that first, then continue for directions under option 1. Option 3) Donate your own money! All the projects on this website are for a really great cause and all of these kids deserve our support. So now the question isn't whether or not you'll accept my challenge... the question is, to which project will you donate?