Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Well, our big Scienceblogs DonorsChoose action is officially over. Our readers have donated a total of $22,554.38. This was matched by SEED Media with additional $10,000. Readers of Pharyngula, Stranger Fruit, Evolgen, Questionable Authority, Cognitive Daily and Terra Sigillata funded their challenges to completion. For each one of those, DonorsChoose adds another 10%, which, in this case, adds up to $1447.30. Thus, the total raised is $34,001.68.
I would also like to particularly thank my readers who donated – there may not be many of them, but those who donated were very generous, pitching in a total of $1,167.45 and completing 11 out of 25 projects. I was too ambitious, but hey, you stepped to the plate and helped 11 teachers bring science to their students. If you are one of those donors, do not forget that there will be prizes and to put yourself in the hat, you need to forward your DonorsChoose confirmation e-mail to sb.donorschoose.bonanza@gmail.com.
Just because the Big Drive is over, does not mean that you cannot donate in the future. It only means we are not going to collectively bother you every day with begging (like NPR pledge drives!), nor there will be prizes. Still, there are many unfinished projects on DonorsChoose. I will keep the little thermometer thingy on the sidebar at least for some time, so if you ever feel generous, you can always put a couple of bucks there: