DonorsChoose.org benefits from the Colbert Bump

Here’s a really happy and wonderful news piece from friends of the blog DonorsChoose.org:

One Colbert Bump. Ten Great Stories. Thousands of Students Helped.
By Tatiana Monday, Mar 31, 2008 at 4:44pm

Colbert Bump: “the curious phenomenon whereby anyone who appears on The Colbert Report gets a huge boost in popularity….” 19,469 students have already benefited from the Colbert Bump, following Stephen Colbert’s call to help public schools in Pennsylvania through his DonorsChoose.org challenge. This installment of great stories features ten classroom ideas that came to life as a result of the challenge – just a small sample of how donors across the country are helping thousands of students in low-income communities throughout Pennsylvania. (Want to know more about Colbert’s challenge? Find out here.)

Go check out the stories now, they’re really inspirational! Go Colbert Nation!

Also, the Washington Times reports of the Obama poll going strong due to the Colbert Bump:

Obama wallops Stephen Colbert

Colbert challenged supporters of Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton to hold their primary by donating to Pennsylvania schools through nonprofit DonorsChoose.org. When he “ran” in South Carolina, Colbert’s fans gave $66,000 to Palmetto State schools and he ended his short-lived bid.

Obama’s supporters, who urged the readers of the senator’s campaign blog to give to Pennsylvania schools, have raised more than $91,000 as of this writing — far trumping Colbert and Clinton, whose supporters have given about $15,000.

One Obama fan wrote:

Stephen Colbert has set up a straw poll/donation page on DonorsChoose.org for Pennsylvania schools. You donate to schools in honor of either Obama or Clinton. So far, Obama supporters are out-donating Clinton supporters! Let’s show Pennsylvania voters Obama’s superior coattails. And get some good publicity from Stephen Colbert.

Another weighed in:

Give as much as you can to this issue as soon as you can ! This will
show how we as Obama people really go HARD for our guy! Also, we need
to give more MONEY now than ever! Be blessed ! Fight the POWER!

The results so far don’t necessarily suggest who will win Pennsylvania’s April 22 primary. But it does give a hint of whose supporters are bigger Colbert fans.

Full text of article

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