{"id":29376,"date":"2010-10-17T08:10:53","date_gmt":"2010-10-17T08:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/donors-choose-2010-bad-astronomy\/"},"modified":"2010-10-17T08:10:53","modified_gmt":"2010-10-17T08:10:53","slug":"donors-choose-2010-bad-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/donors-choose-2010-bad-astronomy.php","title":{"rendered":"Donors Choose 2010! | Bad Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know, we here at Bad Astronomy central (and by we<\/em> I mean me, and by BA Central<\/em> I mean my house) spend a lot of time and electrons lamenting the state of education in this country. I do what I can to actually do some good out there, and sometimes I ask you guys, my loyal if somewhat goofy readers, for help.<\/p>

Help.<\/em><\/p>

\"donorschooselogo\"<\/a>Every year, a<\/del> A very cool group called Donors Choose<\/a> sets up a way for people to give whatever they can directly to classrooms across the United States. The teachers and classes decide what they need, and create a page describing it. Then folks like me can link to an easy-to-use page so that you can contribute as much or little as you want. <\/p>

Science bloggers have been great in promoting this. Cosmic Variance<\/a> and The Intersection<\/a>, for example, set theirs up already, and more of the Hive Overmind<\/del> Discover Magazine bloggers are on their way. In fact, other blog collectives are participating as well, and we usually have a bit of an informal competition to see who can do the best. Since our readers are the smartest, best-looking, and most generous, it’s clear we’re a cinch.<\/p>

I set donation page up to list Math and Science classes with no region specified; they can be from east to west, north to south. But what they all need is a little support.<\/p>

Here’s my Bad Astronomy Science-a-thon 2010 page.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

If you can help, take a look and see which one of the projects tickles your brain. There’s also a widget in the right-hand-sidebar of this very BABlog that’ll be up the whole time the challenge is running — that’ll save you having to find this page again. And it even has stats of how much people have given so far.<\/p>

And even better: Hewlett Packard has agreed to match any donation up to $50,000! So whatever you give, twice as much will get to the classroom. <\/p>

The challenge runs from right now through November 9. To everyone who gives: thanks.<\/p>

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