I posted earlier this week about DonorsChoose, which is a service that helps teachers raise money for projects.  One thing I wasn’t clear about is how the donated proceeds are handled, but today I read Fred Wilson’s post about his DonorsChoose challenge and he offered this useful tidbit of info:

I want to emphasize something that most of you probably don’t know
about Donor’s Choose. The public school teachers use the Donor’s Choose
procurement system to "buy" the supplies they need. Their shopping cart
becomes the "cause" that is funded, and when the total is reached, the
supplies are purchased by Donors Choose and sent to the teacher’s
classroom. This is not about sending money to teachers. This is about
sending supplies to classrooms.

That makes a lot of sense to me, and I’m sure it quells the misgivings of some potential donors who don’t want their funds to mysteriously morph into a trip to the ice cream shop for 30 kids.  So, if you were thinking about taking part in my challenge and had some second thoughts here’s your chance to help some teachers in Winston-Salem do better for their students. 

Lowder’s Lewisville Challenge