If you don't currently have a project through DonorsChoose and you have a free vote, please help me by voting for my current project to get lots of books for my classroom. Just click on the picture below or the link to take you to Sonic's Limeades for Learning. It's super fast & easy! You can vote everyday through the end of September. Also, you can get two extra voting codes if you make a purchase at Sonic. Vote codes are suppose to be on the bag sticker.

Thanks in advance!

I was visiting the Lakeshore Learning Facebook page and saw a post by someone about helping Joplin teachers rebuild their classrooms after the devastating tornado that ripped through Joplin on May 22, 2011. She posted a link to the DonorsChoose page that is specific to Joplin schools. You can see a tiny glimpse below.



I only live about 100 miles from Joplin, so when all of this happened, it literally hit close to home. Our school held a Jeans for Joplin fundraiser the last week of school and we were able to make a donation to help our fellow teachers.

If you are able, please consider making a donation to help a teacher in Joplin rebuild and regain some normalcy for next year.

Bing is currently offering $3 DonorsChoose Giving Cards for projects submitted by teachers. I am desperate for donations! I have 4 projects submitted right now and I REALLY need an easel. This only takes about 2 minutes total if you are willing to help. Getting $3 at a time really adds up. I am currently $189 away from having my project funded.

In the last year and a half I have had 11 projects funded with over $4,500 in donations. DonorsChoose is amazing!



1. Click here to start. (Bing's Education site)
2. Click the yellow 'Choose Bing and Donate' button.
3. If you are willing to temporarily change your home page to a Bing search page, a box will likely pop-up. You can go back and change your home page right back to what you were using before if you don't like it.
4. Enter your email address twice and click the yellow button to get your donation code.
5. Check your email and copy the code.
6. Go to my project http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=522080&challengeid=36263. 
7. Give $3 and check-out.
8. At check-out, either sign-up or sign in.
9. In the payment section there is a box that says I have a gift code: ________________ Redeem Code. 
10. Enter the code you received in your email and click "Place your donation".

I would really appreciate any and all help. It is $3 FREE money that will help support my classroom and we desperately need an easel. My kids cannot reach mine right now and they have to stand on a chair to write from the top to the middle.