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Help the Hawaiian Humane Society

October 6, 2008 By 1 Comment

And now for a “close to home” idea. The Hawaiian Humane Society needs our help. Here’s a breakdown on what your donation dollars can do:

  • $15 – helps provide shelter, veterinary care and love for a homeless pet.
  • $25 – helps teach a class of school children about compassion and respect for animals.
  • $50 – helps prevent overpopulation by sterilizing an animal at the Humane Society’s clinic.
  • $100 – helps rescue and care for an animal from an abusive home.
The Hawaiian Humane Society accepts donations online, please visit the Hawaiian Humane Society website and while you’re there, take a look at the cute animals in the Pets of the Week section needing homes (Peaches is exceptionally cute!). We take our puppy to the off-leash dog park at the humane society so I’ll be looking for ways to directly help them keep the dog park maintained. Thanks! B.
Filed Under: Pets and Animals

A Thank You Note From DonorsChoose.org

October 5, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Another update on the DonorsChoose.org 2008 Blogger Challenge:

We managed to fully fund a project, yay!! We bought Frindle for a classroom and the teacher sent the thank you note to me below (the “We Need Frindle” project is one that I donated a small amount to). Here’s the project page. Basically:

My students need 1 teacher’s copy of “Frindle”, by Andrew Clements, along with 2 audio book copies and 30 paperback copies. The cost of this proposal is $288, which includes shipping for any materials requested and fulfillment.

Anyway, just wanted to let everyone know how we’re doing and that indeed, we’re helping classrooms make ends meet. Hopefully we’ll get more photos from the students in that classroom, those always make me happy!

See the thank you note below:

Filed Under: Education

DonorsChoose.org 2008 Blogger Challenge Update

October 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Thanks to everyone for their donations to the 2008 DonorsChoose.org Blogger Challenge (read more about it in this post). The money raised helps teachers make ends meet in our public schools. In the general blog category we’re currently 13th place while we’re currently 9th place in the Topical/Local blogs category. We’ve raised $224 dollars! Yay!

For those who’ve donated, thank you very much. Be sure to save a receipt for your tax write-off! To everyone else, there’s still time to donate! Just click here and choose one of the projects I’ve selected. Couldn’t be easier! Thanks again. B.

Filed Under: Education

DonorsChoose.org 2008 Blogger Challenge!

October 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Wow, it wasn’t even a week since I posted this about DonorsChoose.org and donated to a library project in Waianae. This morning I see Boing Boing has jumped into the fray of the 2008 Blogger Challenge. Had I known I’d have waited to donate via this challenge but alas, we’re starting from $0. Please, if you could spare the money-lint, look in your old jeans, under your couch cushions, in the hamper — anywhere. Spare some change and lets make the 2008 Blogger Challenge a record-busting one! I’ll start things off with another donation shortly. Go! Fight! Win!

Be sure to click through my link in the ad below or on the left so we can see our results cumulatively and get credit as a team, thanks!
 

Filed Under: Education
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