Earlier this summer I pledged to see WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN” and have been receiving regular updates about the opening of the documentary. Last week, I received a $5 credit for DonorsChoose.org when the pledge-o-meter reached 30,000 people who had pledged to see the film. DonorsChoose.org is like a dating website for teachers and philanthropists.
I’m excited to share that I gave my donation to a local project called “Making Geometry Exciting Through Technology.” The donation will go towards an LCD projector to assist a local teacher to help her students understand ideas such as volume, similarity, and proof with images, applets, and games, as well as DVDs and video clips that show Geometry coming to life.
This week, another major donor joined the effort to promote the film. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will provide $100,000 in new children’s books to U.S. libraries in need once 60,000 people pledge to see the award-winning documentary film. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is the world’s largest provider of educational materials for pre-K-12 schools.
“We are proud to support this film because it shares our mission to promote literacy and an appetite for learning among the nation’s students,” said Barry O’Callaghan, Chief Executive Officer of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. “An essential first step to improving our education system is providing those students with better quality and more accessible literacy-based resources within and outside of the classroom.”
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is the fourth major organization to take the pledge
WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN” directed by Davis Guggenheim (“An Inconvenient Truth”) opens in New York and Los Angeles on September 24, nationwide in October.
Take the pledge at www.WaitingforSuperman.com.
