Ms. Tomato Goes to Washington

If you recall, readers of Tomato Nation raised over $100,000.00 for Donors Choose last fall. As a result, Sars had to go to D.C. in her tomato suit.

Enjoy.

Tomato Nation/Donors Choose fall contest

Amazing:

$111,352 dollars raised, 1162 donors participating, and 19,577 children reached.

Tomato Nation/Donors Choose fall contest update

Amazing: over $100,000.00

From Sars:

Think about it: you did something. You did…something. Even if you only had five bucks, you put it to good use; it counted, and more importantly, you believed that it counted. You tried to make a difference in the face of depressing amounts of evidence that one person, or a small group of dedicated but non-rich people, can't. We can. You did. You did.

Keep it up—the contest continues until the end of the month.

Win UNP Books!

Participate in the Tomato Nation Fall Contest and get a chance to win these books from the University of Nebraska Press:

The Plain Sense of Things by Pamela Carter Joern
Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off and Other Lessons from the Lewis and Clark Trail by Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs
Pacific Lady by Sharon Sites Adams with Karen J. Coates
The Warsaw Sparks by Gary Gildner
Clearing the Bases by Allen Barra

DonorsChoose Blog Challege 2008

From Fortune:

Here’s how it works: teachers register with the site and upload projects they want sponsored. Recent examples include podcast equipment for a high school journalism class in Newton, Kan. ($582 needed), basic art supplies like paint and magic markers for a fourth-grade class in Brooklyn ($370), and a bass guitar for an after-school music program in Los Angeles ($723). DonorsChoose acts as the middle man, purchasing the materials and shipping them and a disposable camera to the teachers who made the requests. (Donors later receive thank-you notes from the students along with photos.)

It starts today. Finslippy is in. So is boingboing.

We couldn't forget last year's winner, Sars over at Tomato Nation. Keep an eye on the TN blog for updates.