Charitable Donations for Teachers
I know a lot of folks on the board do rides to raise money for various causes, but here's a cause near and dear to my own heart. :D There's website donorschoose.org where teachers submit wish lists of things they need for their classroom and people donate money so they can get what they need. A couple of teachers at my school have tried it out and gotten funded, which is very cool given how tight our district budget is.
So if you're a teacher and need something, check it out; it might work for you. And if you've got some extra cash lying around, take a look at some of the requests, one might strike a chord with you.
Veronica