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3 easy steps to help a teacher

djberg — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:59:30 +0000

If you didn’t know already I am biased towards the best kindergarten teacher there is, my wife! She uses Donors Choose to help support her classroom. It’s a great website that allows people to donate to help teachers and to be assured that money will be going to the classroom and everything is legit. It’s a win-win and allows it be tax deductible. Right now there is a deal on Groupon.com where you can get a $25 gift card for only $10. This is made possible by a match made by the Pershing Square Foundation to encourage people to donate to education. My wife’s current project, always available at www.donorschoose.org/mrs.berg, is less than $200 away from being funded. That’s just 8 people donating $10 if they take advantage of the Groupon offer. It would be a huge help to her classroom so please help and tell your friends to help too.

Register for Groupon.com
Go to http://www.groupon.com/deals/donorschoose-org-1 and get your donation code
Go to www.donorschoose.org/mrs.berg to make the donation
BONUS: Receive thanks from lots of cute kindergardeners

Thanksgiving Menu 2010 (with some pictures)

admin — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:00:26 +0000

I thought I would share what our menu is this year for Thanksgiving:

Turkey number #1: Herbs de provance and citrus turkey (Shana’s)
Turkey number #2: Brown-sugar brined smoked turkey (Derek’s)
Emeril’s Bourbon and Coke Ham
Coconut sweet potato casserole with praline pecan topping
Amazing fruit cup and sauce
Southern-style Green beans
Homemade mashed potatoes
Best Gravy ever
corn casserole
baked pineapple
cranberry salad
2 apple cheesecakes
pumpkin pie
rolls
stuffing

So what are you having for Thanksgiving and what is favorite Thanksgiving memory?

Help a teacher, no cost to you!

djberg — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:09:15 +0000

I invite you to help my favorite kindergarten teacher who also happens to be my wife by following the simple steps at the end of this post. She is a great teacher and cares deeply for her students. She likes to keep her classroom current, homey and inviting for her students to allow them the best opportunity to receive a good education. There are 3 ways you can help out and 1 of them you can do everyday!

Sonic is funding projects by teachers and allows you to vote everyday and the projects with the most votes get funded. Go to http://limeadesforlearning.com/projects/view/431314
Bing has partnered with Donorschoose and will give you a $3 donors code to use on the project of your choice when you say you’ll use the Bing search engine: Just follow this link to let them know and get your code.
The award winning movie “Waiting for Superman” is coming out in October and if you pledge to see it they will send you a $5 card to use for the classroom project of your choice. I’m asking you to use it for my wife. See it won’t cost you anything to help her out (of course you are more than welcome to make an additional donation).
Pledge to see the movie “Waiting for Superman”
Check your email for the Donorschoose.org credit (mine took about a day)
Go to DonorsChoose.org/mrs.berg and support one of her projects
Retweet, Share and Like this page
THANKS, THANKS, THANKS!

Kids Bowl Free

djberg — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:36:56 +0000

Well, I don’t have kids but this is such a good deal for your kids and family I feel like I would be doing a disservice to you and your families if I didn’t share it. KidsBowlFree.com let’s you register and your kids 15 and under can bowl two games a day for free all summer long. You can even add up to 4 adults for just 24 bucks for the whole summer with the family pass, you can’t beat that for great family fun!

Did you love this find and think it will give you some fun and save you some money, I would love and greatly appreciate for you to give a donation to our Navajo Mission trip.

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