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Posted by Oliver on
Tuesday,
March 27, 2012 at 1:53pm
Do you know a Data Scientist who wants to help classrooms?
We’re looking for a Data Scientist to…
• Uncover insights to improve DonorsChoose.org, enabling them to better serve teachers and students.
• Unearth findings that could improve education in America. For example, “Louisiana teachers are submitting 40% more requests for environmental science technology—shouldn’t that inform the next state school budget?”
• Reveal dynamics of their philanthropic marketplace that would intrigue people in other sectors, from the “shopping” behavior of their donors to the project keywords which make it most likely to be funded.
You can help us by forwarding this opening to any friends or relevant lists, or by posting it to Facebook or Twitter!
The right candidate will be skilled at translating big-picture questions into data gathering and analysis tasks. He or she will:
• Devise tractable plans of attack to broad questions.
• Collect and transform web app data (logs, db data, etc.) into a form suitable for analysis.
• Create effective models, ranging from simple counts and histograms through more sophisticated methods drawn from statistics or machine learning.
• Explain, in words and pictures, the results of the analyses in a clear and understandable way.
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Posted by jenny on
Friday,
February 17, 2012 at 5:33pm
Brave philanthropists in Boston recently dove into the world of manly mustaches to help kids. These men sacrificed their honor and their faces to walk a lonely, month-long journey of growing mustaches. Leading up to the Super Bowl, they honored famous Boston mustache Wes Welker:
Left to right: Josh Lynch, Brian Hult, Jon Cody Haines
Their enthusiasm for all things Boston and mustache landed them on the local news. Check out the coverage they received on WHDH Boston!
The guys of Boston M4K raised nearly $18,000 for classroom projects, and one man in particular went above and beyond. Jordan Melcon told his friends, family, and colleagues that if he reached his $7,000 goal, he would shave his head.
As you see, he met his goal, and single-handedly raised over $8,000 for students in need!
Jordan, from all of us at DonorsChoose.org, and on behalf of the thousands of students you’ve help: Thank you! And we hope you have lots of hats.
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Posted by jenny on
Monday,
December 12, 2011 at 11:12am
The Real Simple Pop-Up Shop kicked off Thursday morning, and our Founder, Charles Best, was involved in the ribbon-cutting ceremony! He stood alongside Real Simple Editor-in-Chief Kristin van Ogtrop, Good Morning America’s Sam Champion, and celebrity stylist and designer Carson Kressley to ceremonially began the start of the 6-day shopping extravaganza.
The Real Simple Pop-Up Shop runs December 8 -13, at CitiPond at Bryant Park.
Check out Carson sharing his fond school memories:
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Posted by Anna on
Wednesday,
November 9, 2011 at 10:56am
The men of Curtis Bay Elementary School in Baltimore, MD are in the process of undergoing a drastic life change.
They have committed to grow Mustaches, to the best of their ability, in order to raise awareness and fund DonorsChoose.org projects posted by teachers at their school!
Soon, these faces will be adorned with sweet sweet ’staches…
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Posted by Anna on
Tuesday,
November 8, 2011 at 12:15pm
Kiva is an amazing non-profit organization (and one of our BFFs) with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. You’d think helping out hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs around the world would be enough. But these guys just can’t (or won’t) stop helping people in need.
For the fourth year in a row, the guys over at Kiva will be sacrificing their upper lips to help students get the classroom materials they need through Mustaches for Kids. They’ll once again ask friends and family to sponsor their ’staches by supporting classroom projects on DonorsChoose.org. Check out their Giving Page throughout Growing Season to see the impact they have on public school students.
Thank you, men of Kiva, for your incredible bravery (and ’stachery) in the face of the world’s greatest needs.
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Posted by Anna on
Monday,
November 7, 2011 at 1:32pm
This Thursday, dozens of New York City men will begin a four week journey to help thousands of students in need by growing sweet, sweet ’staches.
Interested in growing? Join us Thursday for “Shaving Day”, the official kick-off of the 2011 Growing Season. Mustache Growers and Enthusiasts alike are encouraged to attend!
This fall, the students of Commodore John Rodgers in Baltimore, Maryland will be getting a special surprise: their classrooms will receive much-needed resources. But those resources will be coming through a very…nontraditional channel.
Every single male employee of CJR will be sprouting sweet, sweet ’staches to help their school.
They may be clean cut now, but give them two weeks, and those upper lips will be adorned with the most charitable ’staches in Baltimore. To support the Mustache Men of Commodore John Rodgers, visit their Giving Page.
Want to get the guys at your school involved in Mustaches for Kids? E-mail us at m4k (at) donorschoose (dot) org
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Posted by Anna on
Thursday,
October 20, 2011 at 9:51am
In the next few weeks, the guys of DonorsChoose.org will embark on a four week journey. There will be highs. There will be lows. There will be times when they want to give up. But ultimately, they will push on. Because it will be for the kids.
What is this journey, you ask?
It’s Mustaches for Kids!
Mid-November through Mid-December, more than 500 guys around the country will grow sweet ’staches to help students in need through DonorsChoose.org. Mustaches for Kids Chapters will compete at www.donorschoose.org/m4k to help the most kids and look the best doing it. Last year, Mustaches for Kids helped more than 200,000 students get the resources and materials they needed to learn. Let’s see if they can top that this year!
Want to GROW or start your own Mustaches for Kids Chapter? E-mail us at m4k (at) donorschoose (dot) org
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Posted by Anna on
Tuesday,
October 18, 2011 at 11:33am
Baltimore men are back for another year of “growing a ’stache and raising some cash”! Baltimore’s Growing Season will run November 1st through December 3rd. Interested in throwing your ’stache in the ring? Join Baltimore Growers for Shaving Day!
Where: Field House Bar in Canton, Baltimore
When: Tuesday, November 1st at 7 pm
What: Come shaved, or be prepared to shave at the bar!
