Companies are getting into blogging, why not non-profits? They are catching on and one of the organizations we talked about last year, DonorsChoose, is starting up a new "power of the blogs" campaign called, unsurprisingly, BloggersChoose. DonorsChoose allows teachers to submit proposals for classroom supplies or initiatives they want to accomplish but can't afford (shocking news - schools aren't well-funded, like, anywhere) and donors pick the ones they want to fund, in part or in total, and send the money directly to that proposal. Now, bloggers can get involved by pulling together proposals into a challenge and getting their readers involved in funding them.

We want to give you the opportunity to contribute to some of the projects of DonorsChoose through the SFist Cares Reader's Challenge. We picked some projects from local schools and hope you'll consider contributing. Some of those we selected require very little money to be fully funded (someone else has done the rest) and others need a bit more cash to get done. If you can't find anything in our list of projects, maybe there's something else there that speaks to your particular pet interests. We're hoping to raise a very modest $1000 for the various proposals we've picked.

Now, we should be very clear - Sars at Tomato Nation kicked off this BloggersChoose initiative a few weeks back and, after her readers raised $30,000 in a week shaved her head as a reward. We aren't going to shave our head or anything, but we sure will be grateful. We might even be able to rustle up some prizes from the SFist coffers so if you donate, hang onto your confirmation.

This isn't a winner takes all game either. If you are having your own challenge please leave us a comment with your link.

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