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What a fantastic community to be a part of. Yesterday I announced my first online personal fundraising campaign to benefit Habitat for Humanity.

A short 24 hours later, I’ve had 9 contributions and raised $150 of the $1000 I’m trying to collect before the end of the year! Unbelievable.

Every person who makes a contribution will get a personal thank you on the blog along with the link to the site of their choice. Even if you can’t contribute yourself, follow these links and support the people that have stepped up to make a donation!

• Anne Truger - Anne is a rock STAR from Illinois. She’s a member of the DEN’s Second Life Leadership Council. In world, her name is JessieMarie Flanagan. If she isn’t in the DEN HQ, try checking various dance floors!
• Jennifer Orr - Jennifer is an upper elementary teacher from Virginia. Her blog, Elementary, My Dear, or Far From It has some fantastic classroom reflections. Personally, I got a kick out of List of Loves, where she discloses her love of things like, “when students ask a question I don’t know the answer to” and when “when students ask a question I don’t know the answer to”.
• Diana Laufenberg - Diana is a STAR Discovery Educator from Arizona who I had the pleasure of meeting at the Florida National Institute. Her wiki is chock full of juicy goodness, but what really stands out to me is the project she has entitled the Power of One. It outlines one way to address the incredibly difficult subject of genocide with middle school students.
• Cheryl Lykowski - Cheryl Lykowski is also a STAR, hailing from Michigan. Her blog, Web Explorer, documents her travels through the vast technology landscape. This year she was awarded a grant from MACUL to assist in a collaborative project her students are working on, entitled Global Explorers. Her students are connecting and collaborating with students in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Very cool!

More thank you’s coming tomorrow! And if you’d like to contribute, it couldn’t be easier. Just click “Chip In” on the widget below and you’ll be able to donate directly from PayPal or via a credit card if you so choose. Any amount at all will help us raise the money needed to build a family a house of their own.

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