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Yup, we helped!

Remember our 2nd annual fundraising project hosted here back in September? We raised $1,775 and helped 13 classrooms buy needed science education supplies. I want to share with you thank you letters from the teachers and the cool photos of … Continue reading

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Second annual fundraising wrap up

We’re all done, folks! This year we gave a total of $1,775 to 13 classrooms across Florida for science education learning tools. (Last year we gave $1,507 to seven schools.) Here are the schools we helped this time and the … Continue reading

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2nd Annual science education fundraiser LAUNCH!

Florida Citizens for Science News Release Contact: Brandon Haught; bhaught@flascience.org —————————————— FLORIDA SCIENCE EDUCATION NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT Aug. 7, 2009 — Education budget woes felt throughout the state are preventing many teachers from obtaining necessary science equipment, thus crippling them … Continue reading

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You are so welcome!

Students at Quail Hollow Elementary school sent Florida Citizens for Science a stack of thank you notes and pictures to show their appreciation for the microscopes we got them during our successful fundraising campaign back in August. Here’s a sampling: … Continue reading

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Final fundraising update

We did a great job raising funds to help out classroom science projects here in Florida. If you remember, we had a little more money to donate, so I asked you to make suggestions for what project to fund. Jeff … Continue reading

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We did it!!

Attention Florida science nuts: We did it! Back on August 7, Florida Citizens for Science (FCS) launched a fundraising campaign focused on helping science education here in the Sunshine State. We worked through the DonorsChoose website where teachers propose classroom … Continue reading

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Fundraising challenge week 1

We just wrapped up our first week of fundraising for Florida science education with three more to go. Unfortunately, things are moving slow. We’ve only managed to round up $95 so far. Florida Citizens for Science will match that amount … Continue reading

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News Release: Florida Science Education Needs Citizens’ Support

Florida Citizens for Science News Release Contact: Brandon Haught; bhaught@flascience.org —————————————— FLORIDA SCIENCE EDUCATION NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT Aug. 12, 2008 — Students in one Florida classroom are trying to get hands-on science learning, but lack fundamental safety equipment like eye … Continue reading

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