SOURCE: DonorsChoose.org

 

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - August 25, 2008) - DonorsChoose.org today announced that Craig Newmark, the founder, Chairman and customer service representative of Craigslist, has joined the National Advisory Council of DonorsChoose.org, a nonprofit website connecting donors with classroom needs in public schools.

"Craig Newmark has been a longtime supporter of DonorsChoose.org," said Charles Best, founder of DonorsChoose.org. "He has donated to many classroom project requests on our website and has blogged about us frequently. Craig even introduced Stephen Colbert to DonorsChoose.org when being interviewed on The Colbert Report. Between his personal giving and his advocacy, Craig Newmark is responsible for tens of thousands of public school students getting books, art supplies, technology, and other resources they need to learn. We're thrilled that Craig is now joining our National Advisory Council."

"Donorschoose.org is a great way to help kids in school directly, no middleman. It's also a great example of how people can use the Net to help each other out. I am honored to join the Donorschoose.org advisory board," said Craig Newmark.

About Craig Newmark

Craig Newmark is a senior Web-oriented software engineer and has become a leader in the online community by virtue of founding www.craigslist.org in 1995. Craig continues to serve as the Board Chair and active customer support rep for Craigslist.org. Craigslist serves as a non-commercial community bulletin board with classifieds and discussion forums. Craigslist strives to make the 'net more personal and authentic, while advocating social responsibility through the promotion of small, non-profit organizations.' As of August 2008 Craigslist has community sites in over 570 cities in 50 countries serving over 50 million community members who are responsible for generating over 12 Billion page views per month.

Craig Newmark holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Case Western University. Craig has been featured in the Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Business Week, and Esquire Magazine. In 2005, Newmark was named one of Time Magazine's "Time 100 Most Influential People in the World Today," as well as 'Person of the Year' at the 9th Annual Webby Awards.

About DonorsChoose.org

DonorsChoose.org is a nonprofit website where public school teachers describe specific educational projects for their students, and donors can pick the projects they want to support. After completing a project, the donor gets photographs and thank-you letters from the classroom he/she chose to help.

To date, 49,000 public school teachers have used the site to secure funding for $23 million of books, art supplies, technology, and other resources that their students need to learn. Through www.DonorsChoose.org, individuals from all walks of life have helped 1,350,000 students from low-income families.