Jackson Free Press

All, our good friend Emily Braden needs to raise $448 in five days to get this matching grant from the Gates Foundation to help her get her journalism program going at Jim Hill. Please read her e-mail below, then click the link to donate to help her and the students reach the goal!

Hey y'all. I created this grant to get some much-needed resources for my journalism class at Jim Hill High School. The Gates Foundation has funded half, but I'll lose it all if it's not fully funded in five days! Donations to the grant are entirely tax-deductable, and you can donate a little as a dollar (although more is appreciated too!) This proposal includes a classroom set of the AP Stylebook (as we don't have any books for this class), lots of jump drives (no student computers in the classroom either), a voice recorder for interviews, a whiteboard for the editors to use for planning and layout and a lot more. The students have not had a school newspaper in several years, so this will create a footprint for journalism classes behind them.

Link:
http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=218833&verify=310178168&zone=314

Please forward to anyone, and let me know if you have any questions about the grant.

Thanks,
Emily Braden Knight

Previous Comments

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141061

Comment

We're at $403! :) Thank you so much for posting this. I've had some questions about payment in my email box. Donorschoose is a very efficient and reputable way to donate to a classroom, and you make a payment directly on the website. The notes posted with the contributions always make me smile, and I love sharing them with the students. Thank y'all so much!

Author

emilyb

Date

2008-12-01T11:47:40-06:00

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141062

Comment

I just donated! I also sent it to everyone on LoungeList.com.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-12-01T12:27:44-06:00

ID

141063

Comment

Y'all are doing great. Now we only need $235 more to get her to the matching grant. Remember, ANY amount helps! Cheers, all. ;-)

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-12-01T13:26:39-06:00

ID

141065

Comment

Thank for keeping everyone informed on such worthy projects that just need a little jump start. I'm glad to help and my company is happy to be able get them over the top.

Author

WMartin

Date

2008-12-01T14:03:12-06:00

ID

141066

Comment

YEAH, WMartin! We did it. That didn't take long at all and, folks, this has so much potential to change a teen's life, not to mention the city's. ;-) Stay tuned for how y'all can help JAHSPA, our new Jackson Area High School Press Association. For one thing, we're still collecting reams of white paper for our under-funded teachers, as well dry erase markers, jump drives, digital recorders, reporters' notebooks and the like. That kind of stuff can be dropped off here at the JFP. Long live journalism!

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-12-01T14:47:23-06:00

ID

141944

Comment

Could y'all here me screaming where you are? Can't WAIT to tell the students. All the support and good thoughts are very much appreciated in a way I'm just too excited to communicate right now.

Author

emilyb

Date

2008-12-01T17:49:52-06:00

ID

141945

Comment

Count me in on future efforts. Had I known about the Jim Hill project in time, I would have participated.

Author

Kacy

Date

2008-12-01T20:15:56-06:00

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141947

Comment

Congrats, Em! Wow, I wish I could have donated, but you met your goal so quickly. Keep me in the loop for future requests.

Author

LatashaWillis

Date

2008-12-02T08:23:22-06:00

ID

141949

Comment

Folks, I want to emphasize that you can help other teachers like Emily simply by bringing a couple reams of white paper, or a package of dry-erase markers, by the JFP for them! We're collecting the stuff and giving it to JAHSPA teachers as they request it.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-12-02T09:58:01-06:00

ID

141960

Comment

**Folks, I want to emphasize that you can help other teachers like Emily simply by bringing a couple reams of white paper, or a package of dry-erase markers, by the JFP for them! We're collecting the stuff and giving it to JAHSPA teachers as they request it.** <--ladd OK. Where exactly is JFP located?

Author

Kacy

Date

2008-12-02T16:15:16-06:00