I have mixed emotions about counting the votes and finding a winner……..you know if I won Powerball I would have funded all the projects. But I didn’t even buy a ticket, so here we go.

Our winner is……….#22, with 234 votes!

2nd place was #14 with 95 votes and #20 was close behind with 94 votes.

I am so happy that throughout the duration of this contest, that more than a half-dozen projects received their funding. I can’t take all the credit, but I am glad that I got some of you some added exposure.

Welcome to Part 2 of this awesome giveaway! For the past two days, I’ve been taking your suggestions on which project to give the $75 to. At first, I was nervous because no one posted any suggestions. Then, they started to trickle in……and I liked all the ideas. It was really hard to choose. Then I made a mental note, that if I had less than 25 entries, I would include them all. Then as that number crept closer to 25, I wondered who I would cut if I had too. Then, once again, I just decided I would include them all. So here they are. I felt they all deserved a chance. They all tugged at my heartstrings. Most are from very high poverty areas, many are special needs classrooms or both special needs and high poverty.

About Donors Choose: Approximately 40 percent of schools across the U.S. use DonorsChoose.org, an innovative online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need.  Public school teachers across the country post specific requests to support their classroom projects, ranging from pencils for a poetry writing unit, to violins for a school recital, to microscope slides for a biology class.  Visitors to the website decide which project they would like to support and DonorsChoose.org delivers materials to the school once a project reaches its funding goal. And Savings.com is helping you make your money go further when you give back to a school in need.

Use the gift code SAVINGS anytime between January 27 and February 24 on Donorschoose.org/savings, and Donors Choose will match your donation up to $100. Please look at the projects, and not just vote, but consider giving a small donation. Remember, Savings.com is going to match it!

 The prize for this giveaway is as follows: I’m donating $25, which Savings.com will match. Donors Choose is also donating a $25 gift card, which brings the total to $75. Contest ends at midnight on February 4. You may vote for one project, once a day.  

1. Science Camp Field Trip, Los Angeles, CA

2. Technology for our Classroom, Sunnyside, WA

3. Math Master, Pittsburgh. PA, funded, congrats!

4.  Third Graders Exploring the World, Leesburg, FL

5.  Fridges for Little Fingers and Food, Syracuse, UT, funded/deadline passed, congrats!

6.  Spread the Kindle Fire for Reading, Berlin, WI

7.  We need a tablet to transform our learning, Anderson, IN, funded, deadline passed, congrats!

8.  Laptop for Kindergarten, Pascagoula, MS

9.  Learning to Read with Leap, Sonora, CA

10. Curious Learners need Eyewitness Book, Durham, NC Funded/deadline passed, congrats!

11. Hanging On, Wesley Chapel, FL Funded/deadline passed, congrats!

12. Technology Please? Petersburg, VA

13. Learning with Technology, Cherryville, NC

14. It’s Time to Learn to Rhyme! Grand Prairie, TX

15. Help Us Afford the Chords, Spartansburg, SC

16. Attack of the Killer Cord Monsters, Pine Bluff, AR, funded!

17.  Paperless Classroom, Boiling Springs, SC

18. We Love Caterpillars! Riverside, CA

19. Stability balls to improve achievement and focus, Hartlan, WI

20. Little Hands want big Explorations, Dearborn, MI

21. Roald Dalh Author Study, Philadelphia, PA, funded, congrats!

22. Mrs. Paluso’s Special Needs Class, Berlin, WI

23. Reach for the Top with a Laptop, Pittsburgh, PA

24. Mrs. Keller’s 2nd Grade Classroom, Stamford, CT

To vote, use the Rafflecopter entry form below. You can vote once per day. If you are new to Rafflecopter, you will have to register. I will try my best to post updates of the scores, but  the Rafflecopter format isn’t that conducive to doing that. I’ll try, but can’t promise! Make sure you choose my follow options so that you are alerted of the score updates as well as reminded to vote daily.

Good Luck! And in my heart, I really wish I had money to fund all of your projects.

 
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