A DonorsChoose High School Musical: A Very Awkward Dance for the Kids!
It’s been just a week, and BoomTown is rocking out in the DonorsChoose.org’s Blogger Challenge 2008!
It started a week ago, with us featuring a video from my hell-froze-over dinner with Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Jerry Yang, who ably endured a meal with me in support of the kids who benefit from the unique charity.
DonorsChoose.org is a charity that funds classroom projects in high-need public schools, using the Web to match teacher project requests with donors.
Last year, BoomTown did pretty well, raising $12,199 from 52 donors and impacting 1,940 students.
This year, just a week in, we are already at $3,617, from nine donors and impacting 348 students. That puts BoomTown in the No. 2 spot behind our archrival VC Fred Wilson (he is at $5,877).
That’s great, but I have a long list of technology requests in high-need public schools, so we need to get cracking.
You can click here to reach the giving page or use the widget on the lower right side of the ATD homepage or the left side of the main BoomTown page.
To get you inspired, the fine folks at JibJab sent me this deeply embarrassing video of me and Yang (well, our heads, actually) dropped into a promotional video for “High School Musical 3: Senior Year,” which opens Oct. 24.
It’s painful to watch (most especially, Yang in a dress as Gabrielle), but it’s for the kids!
Also, there is no telling what low level of pandering–next week, for example, I plan on press-ganging my kids to help out–I am capable of to raise the money.
Here’s the video as proof:
