http://www.donorschoose.org
Thanks to a suggestion from my sister, this has been me and my family’s charity of choice this Christmas. It is a pretty cool site: teachers in impoverished areas post requests for school projects and classes and donors can choose one to fund. Education has always been very important to me so I was excited when I heard about it. This is the project I decided to fund:
Reading through the request, I was reminded of the excitement that scientific discovery brought me as a child. I hope that my small donation can help bring that to some other children. My parents used a gift card my sister and I gave them to purchase books for a local high school. There are projects of all types all over the country to choose from.
This is a donation instead of a loan like Kiva, so I won’t be getting this money back. But I think education is actually a great long term investment. The more quality education we can have in this country, the better our economy will run. Education is fundamental to a prosperous society. If you feel the same, I hope you will also donate to a project that means something to you.
