October 20th, 2009 
Lots of excitement in the last 24 hours. Christopher gave $100, Kate gave $54, and Dana gave $100. Thanks also go to Peter, Erin, Sarah, and Michael for sizable donations. But we still have a ways to go.
Eric Heupel as agreed to match dollar for dollar for the next $50 dollars. That is a two for one special people! So go make your donation count double. The Nemo in the Classroom project is just $39 away from funding. Stay tuned because more announcements are soon. Click on the Donor’s Choose banner on the right to get the donation process going.
UPDATE: Brian from SandShack has put forth an additional challenge. He and SandShack will match $70 dollar for dollar. So the next $120, thanks to Brian and Eric, will be matched. Keep in mind these are challenges to you and you have the opportunity to make your donation count double.
UPDATE: Thanks to Steve and Jason for donating and meeting Eric’s challenge! That is $100 raised for the students!
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I finally remembered to post about this over at Squid A Day. And I am bribing people with comics. Hope it drums up some more participation! Thanks again for the awesome idea.
[...] Craig’s last challenge was met swiftly thanks to matching contributions from Brian Linton, founder of Sandshack and Eric Heupel! You guys are rock stars! Not only that but fully funded the invertebrate aquarium project for Mrs. B’s classroom in Texas. Dr. H from Alaska finished off the proposal but it was a combined effort with 8 other fabulous donors. Ocean blog readers are an amazing crew that really value education and put their money where their mouth is! Here is a thank you letter from Mrs. B: “Dear Christopher, Dr. H, Peter, Timothy, Jeanne, Eric, Jannel & Janet and Anonymous Donor, I am overwhelmed by the generosity of others. The invertebrate salt water tank was just a dream I put on a wish list and now the dream will come true thanks to people like you. Being able to share the variety of fascinating marine organisms that live in the sea with my students will be wonderful. Being able to explain to them that these things are here because of kind and giving individuals from all over the United States will allow me to add a valuable lesson about philanthropy too. [...]