Although you all deserve a proper update on my funtastic trip to Washington (summary: awesome and productive adventures), and might be interested to hear about the emerging arch of my autobiography right now (summary: weird), instead you get to hear about the happy hour I hosted tonight.
The good folks of Steel City Science decided to host a departmental happy hour in support of the Science Bloggers for Students Challenge we are participating in at DonorsChoose. We raised nearly $100 using supplies that were mostly hanging around our homes, and hopefully got to promote the blog a bit. And we've completed out first project!
Although at the happy hour, we were promoting a local project that wants a model of the human body, the project that is really killing me right now is the classroom that wants pencil sharpeners and whiteboard markers. Yes, this is a high poverty area very near where I live. The requested budget is teeny, but would clearly make a giant difference in the education of these elementary school students. Writing utensils make a big difference when you are practicing literacy. And DonorsChoose is a great non-profit to support as they have very little overhead, your money goes directly to teachers in need.
So yes, if you guys wanted to pitch a couple bucks to Ms. Kacsur, I'm sure I can get focused enough for a proper blog post like you all deserve. The challenge is over next week, so donate now and make me feel good.
---UPDATE----
My parents are awesome. If you also want to be awesome, check out the other projects in need here.
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