A New Reason to Love Valentine's Day

As a child Valentine's Day was my favorite holiday. Yes, I liked it more than Christmas. I loved getting valentines in my specially decorated bag from everyone in class, and the class parties always seemed to have the best food on V-day. It was just all around good vibes, everyone got tiny themed cards, and we had a great time figuring out whether our crush intentionally gave us the best Transformers valentine. As adults, though, this spirit is lost in our singleton status, our worry about the perfect gift, or our dinner reservations at THE most romantic restaurant in town or nothing else.

This year, in my quest to recapture primary school good vibes, I'm bringing back 2005's Christmas good cheer to help fund projects at DonorsChoose. I've teamed up with fellow bloggers, Andi, Ashley, Jeff, and Megan to challenge our readers to fund 4 worthy proposals that we carefully selected. Let me explain a little more:

The Who: Kids under 11 years old, most of them coming from families that live below the poverty line

The What: 4 proposals submitted by teachers from schools around the country, all from low-income areas. Two teachers want to help their kids create books. One teacher wants to show her kids the fun of using props to act out plays in the classroom. Another teacher wants to give kids the gift of knowledge by subscribing them to Time Magazine for Kids. Read more by following the links.

The When: By February 14, 2007 - A Valentine's Day gift to warm everyone's heart!

The Where:
The Why: Because Valentine's Day is about showing people the love, not buying expensive gifts or gorging on chocolate. Also, because I'll totally heart you forever!

The How: Go here, donate as much or as little as you can.

Our goal is to completely fund all these projects, which total $1,381. If everyone who reads our blogs donates, we know we can do it. Go on, you know you want to.



Why are you still reading this and not donating?