A Great Way to Double Your Charity Dollars for Education (from Groupon and donorschoose.org)

Hi Everyone:

The New York Times ran an article recently spotlighting a new partnership between online education charity DonorsChoose.org and Groupon, a nationwide daily deal site. The partnership offers Groupon’s first-ever charity deal, allowing subscribers to double their donation dollars for individual classroom project requests submitted by public school teachers. Please see link below:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/groupon-and-donorschoose-org-host-a-digital-pledge-drive/

This partnership will dedicate a total of $1 million to provide critical resources and supplies to public and charter school classrooms around the country, highlighting a new and unique method of engaging individuals in philanthropy.

Please consider donating!

About DonorsChoose.org

Founded in 2000, DonorsChoose.org is a nonprofit website where public school teachers describe specific educational projects for their students, and donors can choose the projects they want to support.  After completing a project, the donor hears back from the classroom they supported in the form of photographs and student thank-you letters.

To date, 122,000 public and charter school teachers have used the site to secure funding for $45 million in books, art supplies, technology, and other resources that their students need to learn. Through www.donorschoose.org individuals from all walks of life have helped 3 million students from low-income families.

About Groupon

Groupon, launched in November 2008 in Chicago, features a daily deal on the best stuff to do, eat, see and buy in more than 140 cities across the world. Groupon uses collective buying power to offer unbeatable prices and provide a win-win for businesses and consumers. To get Groupon’s daily free email for the best in your city, subscribe at http://www.groupon.com. To get the Groupon iPhone app, visit http://gr.pn/moblapp. To learn more on how to become a featured business on Groupon, visit http://www.grouponworks.com.

Have a super day!

Swati

Tags: donorschoose.org, groupon, New York Times