Donors Choose

Week 24: Donors Choose

Hello! This week, we are bringing GIVE52 into the classroom with Donors Choose. They make it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. The goal is to help students and teachers get the tools they need for a great education.

Donors Choose are open to any public school in America and are there for teachers through every step of the process. To verify each classroom request, they vet all projects, purchase the items, and ship materials directly to verified schools. So far, Donors Choose has raised over 500 million dollars and helped more than 22 million students in over 73,000 schools.

My friend Meenakshi, an incredibly talented educator in Detroit, used Donors Choose to provide her class with laptop computers. She says:

“Donors choose is how a ton of urban and rural teachers get basic supplies for their classroom. That’s how my kids have access to technology, because 20 people donated. With these netbooks my students will be able to engage in the world around them completely and rigorously in ways that will change their education, so they can change the world.”
— Ms. Mukherjee

Excitingly, you can get very specific about the type of classroom projects you would like to fund. Interested in classroom health & wellness? Want to bolster STEM programs? Or maybe your heart is into guaranteeing arts education? Whatever your focus, you can narrow down teachers and classrooms to specifically help with your donation.

Play with the site, and discover some incredible opportunities to make an impact.

The donors choose motto: Support a classroom. Build a future.

Here's to the future, let's help make it awesome.

Malaria Consortium

Week 23: Malaria Consortium

Hello beautiful people and welcome back to another week of GIVE52!

This week, we are giving to an organization that has been names one of the world’s leading non-profit organizations specializing in the prevention, control and treatment of malaria. Their methods are evidence-based and sustainable to help the most vulnerable populations combat communicable diseases.

They work in 12 countries where malaria is endemic and 95 percent of their staff work in the field. This means they have technical expertise on the ground, and are able to adapt quickly to any changes or new challenges. They also take part in research, policy, and pilot programs to treat and prevent malaria in both novel and tried-and-true ways. They have pioneered best practices and approaches, setting the standards that others now follow.

“The most common and effective malaria intervention, the long lasting insecticidal net, costs around $2.50 and can protect two people from malaria for up to three years. Other interventions, such as seasonal malaria chemoprevention which can reduce malaria cases in children by up to 75 percent, cost as little as $4.27 per child.”
— Malaria Consortium

While working in Nepal and Haiti, I always took malaria prophylaxis and slept with a treated net. It is with great pleasure that I share with you this wonderful organization that makes sure that people living in endemic areas have access to those same tools to prevent the spread.

I am loving this community so much and feel so honored to be able to chat with you each week.
Let me know how this is going so far!

Here's to you, and to the end of malaria in the near future.
Have a wonderful Monday,
Jodi

Hire Heroes USA

Week 22: Hire Heroes USA

Hi! Hope you are having a lovely long weekend and welcome back to another week of GIVE52. In honor of Memorial Day, this week, in addition to giving thanks to those who have died in the armed forces, I’d love to do a little something to help our veterans who are still here today.

Hire Heroes USA is on a mission to make sure veterans and military spouses can gain employment. Their only goal is to get people jobs after serving our country and empower them to succeed in the civilian workforce.

They provide “free, expert career coaching and job sourcing to hundreds of transitioning U.S. military members, veterans and military spouses each week.”

They help active military, veterans and their spouses with job training, resume building, interviewing and other skills to help with job searches. They match veterans with an ex-military staff member who mentors them and guides them through the process.

On top of that, they even have a database of veteran-friendly companies and a board to display current openings. Since 2007, they have helped more than 16,000 veterans and military spouses move into new careers and generated nearly a $200 million economic impact.

I hope your weekend was a ton of fun. Living on the beach, I wish I could bottle up the Memorial Day barbecue and bon fire smell and send it through this email.

All the best and more,

Jodi