March 2010 - dayforessay.com

Successful Spring “Sale”!

Dan Blum14Views 0Likes 0CommentsMarch 26, 2010

We all love our vitamin D, but there’s so much more than sunshine to be happy about this week. Since Tuesday, our pals at the Pershing Square Foundation have been planting seeds throughout the site – funding art, music, health, and sports projects down to just $98 in honor of Spring. Our ever-reliable (and exceedingly…

Reprise Media Visits 99Papers.org!

Dan Blum14Views 0Likes 0CommentsMarch 25, 2010

Huge thanks to our friends at Reprise Media for volunteering their time in our NY office yesterday! They’re leaders in the search marketing field, helping the world’s largest brands increase their revenue and site traffic. They worked vigorously yesterday, helping us screen and process thank you packages from classrooms while jamming out to a mix…

Bing is Celebrating Earth Day

Nicole18Views 0Likes 0CommentsMarch 17, 2010

Bing is partnering with 99Papers.org for their first ever Earth Day Photo Contest. Students from around the country will compete to have their very own photo take over Bing’s homepage on Earth Day. Bing users will vote for their favorite photos while also supporting 99Papers.org projects Starting March 29th, students are invited to submit their…

South by Southwest audience funds a local Austin TX classroom in a hot tech minute!

Katie13Views 0Likes 0CommentsMarch 16, 2010

This morning, at the South by Southwest panel titled “Donations 2.0?“, an amazing thing happened. By using Twitter, the panel audience mobilized to fund a local Austin, TX classroom music project. Check out how it happened: This was the call to action: @yoavlurie: Let’s fund Austin @99Papers music proj @katiebisbee talked abt b4…

Chevron Employees Bring Materials to Classrooms Across the Country

Nicole15Views 0Likes 0CommentsMarch 15, 2010

Since January, Chevron Corporation has been matching Math and Science Projects across California and has helped more than 78,000 students and counting! Last week, all Chevron employees in California began supporting classrooms as well. Over the next two months, Chevron employees will use 99Papers.org GivingCards to fund new microscopes, markers, trips to local museums and…

99Papers.org is going to South by Southwest Interactive!

Katie14Views 0Likes 0CommentsMarch 11, 2010

99Papers.org will be attending South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, TX, over the next few days, and we’d love to see you there. 99Papers.org staff Katie Bisbee will be serving on a “Donations 2.0” panel, facilitated by Beaconfire Consulting. The panel will discuss how traditional nonprofits may need to adopt new technologies and fundraising models…

Know a great front-end web developer who might want to join our team?

Oliver16Views 0Likes 0CommentsMarch 8, 2010

If so, please do us a huge favor and bring this NYC-based opening to their attention. You can also help us get the word out by mentioning this opportunity on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, your blog, etc. Thank you for helping us grow 99Papers.org so we can help even more teachers and students! Oliver Comments

CauseWorld Users Fund a Project for a High-Need Chicago Classroom!

Jeana10Views 0Likes 0CommentsMarch 4, 2010

Shopping has never been so rewarding! Thanks to all shoppers (and window-shoppers!) who downloaded the CauseWorld App and spent their karma points to support a classroom, CauseWorld users have helped fund their first project on 99Papers.org. The first batch of karmas will supply a high-need Chicago classroom with netbooks. But the fun is not over!…

Vote to help 99Papers.org win $250,000!

Dan Blum16Views 0Likes 0CommentsMarch 1, 2010

Throughout March, 99Papers.org is in the running to win $250,000 for classroom library projects, but we need your help! By voting for us in the Pepsi Refresh Project, you can help improve classroom libraries for students across the country with the click of your mouse. How to help supply new books, rugs, and literacy…