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Have you reached out to teens or friends who know any teenagers yet? Time’s running out to engage them!
With hours remaining (until 6 PM EST Friday), 99Papers.org is in 2nd place in Best Buy’s @15 campaign, thanks to your help after our kickoff post. The standings:
KIPP: 6% Project Ready: 10% 99Papers.org: 22% –…
Greetings Mustache Growers & Enthusiasts:
In the words of our intrepid M4K leader Mitch “Nurstache” Goldman, “Is your upper lip feeling charitable?” If your answer is “YES,” we want you AND your upper lip to help us rock students’ world this year as part of the 2009/2010 Mustaches for Kids Nationwide Challenge.
Mustaches for Kids?…
We know Charles as our fearless leader and founder of 99Papers.org. But he will now be remembered among the elite group of business’s young rising stars—Fortune’s “40 under 40” list. Charles is listed alongside the founders of Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other young innovators, value creators, and agents of change across sectors. Learn about Charles’…
We can’t contain our excitement…
Our board member, Echoing Green President Cheryl Dorsey, was just named to U.S. News and World Report’s annual list of America’s Best Leaders of 2009!
Echoing Green is a groundbreaking nonprofit that supports emerging entrepreneurs — making their visions of social change a reality.
We’re thrilled that Cheryl, Echoing Green,…
We are thrilled that HP is sponsoring the 99Papers.org Social Media Challenge and helping dedicated bloggers and twitterers improve classroom experiences.
To kick off the Challenge, HP supported every single Giving Page with a $50 donation to a classroom project. This contribution really jump-started the contest and inspired other donors to join in the fun.…
Do you know any teens? If so, a minute of their time today could win big bucks from Best Buy for classroom projects. And we can’t win without your and teenagers’ help!
Through October 30, 99Papers.org is competing in a campaign in which whoever mobilizes the most teens to give a minute of their time…
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Associate Director
ORGANIZATION: 99Papers.org
LOCATION: San Francisco, CA
Organizational Overview: 99Papers.org is a simple way to fulfill needs and foster innovation in public schools. At this nonprofit website, public school teachers submit their best ideas for materials and experiences that their students need to learn—everything from a classroom library,…
Save the earth and win an expenses-paid trip for your class to the Disneyland® Resort with Disney’s Planet Challenge! Disney’s Planet Challenge is a fun, free and highly-acclaimed project-based environmental competition for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classrooms across the United States. This year Disney has partnered with 99Papers.org to spread the news to teachers…
Sending in student letters? Follow these guidelines to ensure you get the points you deserve and your donors receive your students’ awesome letters!
Save time: Only create packets of letters for the donors listed on your Thank-You Instructions. At this time, donors only receive student letters if they give $50 or more to a project. …
There are three great reasons to attend TWTRCON in Washington DC, on October 22nd, 2009. In addition to the amazing conference line-up, focusing entirely on the business use of Twitter, the work of 99Papers.org with this innovative social media platform will be highlighted several times.
Keynote speaker, 99Papers.org National Advisory Council member and Founder of…
On Friday, October 2, SONIC Drive-In’s Limeades for Learning campaign concluded with some astounding results:
* 854,927 votes were cast by SONIC customers * 1,420 projects and 999 teachers were funded * More than $600,000 was donated to fund classroom needs * Teachers in 40 states had a project funded * Over 34,000 students were…