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Hopefully by now you’ve heard about our great partnership with SONIC Drive-In last year, Limeades for Learning. Well, now some major industry awards have confirmed that the program was truly groundbreaking! Earlier this month, Limeades for Learning was awarded a Silver Halo at the 2010 Cause Marketing Forum for Best Broadcast Video. It. is. adorable. The campaign also received a Silver Anvil award presented by the Public Relations Society of America for the best marketing of consumer products for a restaurant.

Huge congratulations to SONIC, and we’re fired up for another fantastic year of Limeades for Learning! Those things are delicious.

Adam Lambert is back on tour, and back helping classrooms across America. What else would we expect from this American Idol who’s already helped raise over $300,000 for public schools?! That is not the work of a “runner-up,” y’all. Seriously.

Adam announced that he’ll once again team up with DonorsChoose.org to support music & arts programs in high-need public schools. He’ll ask thousands of concert goers during his summer Glam Nation tour to support projects posted by teachers on DonorsChoose.org as part of his Glam A Classroom campaign: www.donorschoose.org/GlamNation

Fans will be invited to send a text message to a unique number during or after each show to get more info from Adam about how to donate and win prizes. But anyone who gives to the campaign, fervent fan or not, will be eligible for prizes (details TBD).

Quoth Adam:

I can’t thank my fans enough for getting involved with the Glam A Classroom campaign to provide much needed resources for public schools. I wouldn’t be where I am today without the support of amazing music and theater teachers, so I want to help foster the next Ansel Adams or American Idol.

Glam-ing classrooms seems to come naturally to many Lambert fans, be they “Glamberts,” “Glittizens,” or that sparkly sock Adam may have lost in the “Glittermat Laundry Room.” Last fall, after asking fans to give to DonorsChoose.org in lieu of gifts, over 2,000 donations were made from fans around the world – raising over $300,000 and counting. We’ve been blown away by the generosity and enthusiasm of Adam and his adopted “Glamily” so far – and we’re pretty sure the best is yet to come. (It’ll probably have on some fierce eyeliner when it does.)

*Available to teachers at schools in Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, Wise, Parker, Hood, Johnson, Ellis, Kaufman and Rockwall counties, with 40% or greater free/reduced lunch percentages.

Have you heard? Rainwater Charitable Funds is offering classroom funding for hands-on science projects for high-need schools in 11 North Texas counties*. Projects submitted by June 25^th July 9th August 9th will be considered for this offer.

Within a week of posting, all eligible hands-on science projects requesting $600 or less in materials should appear as funded down to $98 or less, giving them a very high chance of being fully funded quickly on DonorsChoose.org! Keep in mind that this offer is only available for a limited time – partner funds will be applied to your request only if it’s fully funded before the grant expires – so act fast!

See full details regarding this grant.

Last week, DonorsChoose.org harnessed the collective buying power of the group coupon site, Groupon, to introduce millions of deal-seekers to DonorsChoose.org. Groupon subscribers in over 60 cities were invited to purchase DonorsChoose.org gift credits for 50% off – a deal made possible by our friends at the Pershing Square Foundation! This deal was so good, even the New York Times couldn’t resist writing about it.

Groupon’s faithful came through in a huge way! Over 1,200 citizen philanthropists purchased over $130,000 in DonorsChoose.org credits to donate to classroom projects of their choice.  That is a lot of savvy shoppers being education philanthropists  for half the cost!