Participate in the Blogger Challenge & Help Students and Schools

[theljstaff]

One of the best kept secrets about the LiveJournal community is how incredibly generous you all are. It's not just the fact that so many of you volunteer to help LJ out, or are such active participants in communities online. It's what you do to support communities offline that makes us so proud of what LJ is. (A recent example was the way you all

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[soleta_nf]

A quick note to our international members: We know it's frustrating that this is another U.S.-centric effort, but this was a special project that really gave us a unique opportunity to help our students here. Don't worry -- we haven't forgotten about you, and we're sure you agree that better-educated American students will be a good thing for all of us in the future.

I really REALLY appreciate that you addressed this. Thank you. This is something that should be spelled out when you post about geographically limited events, not something we have to dig around and find ourselves. I don't mind not being able to participate in events (the legalese does sound tricky), but I get irritated when I get excited only to have my hopes dashed upon further reading. Please keep it up!

we're sure you agree that better-educated American students will be a good thing for all of us in the future.

George W. Bush HAHA, yes, we would all benefit from that!

I also really appreciate that you explained frankly that this is not an advertising effort in any way, but simply a charity and a good cause that LJ is trying to promote. Thank you for that as well. This sounds like a great project. I'll definitely forward the information on to my American friends.

[triggerhappy]

George W. Bush HAHA, yes, we would all benefit from that!

::snorts::
He set us(citizens of U.S.) back a couple hundreds years as far as international communities go, yeah? :/

As far as LJ goes - glad they stated up front it's a US thing and people didn't have to did for it.

This sounds like a really cool program, too.

[soleta_nf]

He set us(citizens of U.S.) back a couple hundreds years as far as international communities go, yeah? :/

Oh god yes.

As far as LJ goes - glad they stated up front it's a US thing and people didn't have to dig for it.

This sounds like a really cool program, too.

Agreed!

[triggerhappy]

Oh god yes.
I know money buys a lot of things but still amazed that someone who has such difficulty speaking became a politician. Let alone President.

::tools around donorschoose.org::

Wow. They added a lot of states in September.
I'm going to keep an eye on this, see if things are as good as they sound/look and watch for anything localish.

[divabat]

You can still get a gift cert and participate even if you're not in the US. DonorsChoose just helps US schools, is all.

[soleta_nf]

Yup, many people have explained now after an LJ staff member clarified. Thx.

[divabat]

Hee, that's cool. Just being slow reading through all the comments XD