DONORS CHOOSE. This seems like a very neat thing: “DonorsChoose is a simple way to provide students with resources that our public schools often lack.
“Here, teachers submit ideas for materials or experiences that their students need to learn. Individuals like you can choose a project and make it a classroom reality.”
There’s stuff like “Send my girls to Cirque du Soleil!”, buy computers for the Alternative to Suspension center, send third-graders to hang out with wild animals (hee), just a whole lot of interesting projects. …Via Television Without Pity.