Yahoo! Homepages for Homerooms
New for this year, we’re giving supporters the opportunity to earn more votes by answering the weekly trivia questions. Each correct answer earns your project another vote.
Find a project to support
Close to home or across the U.S., with over 20,000 projects to choose from, there’s guaranteed to be one that matters most to you.
Make Yahoo! your homepage
It just takes a few seconds and will help you stay up to date on global, national, local, sports and pop culture news that everyone’s talking about.
Earn extra credit and tell your friends
New for this year, you can earn extra credit for your selected project by answering some topical and entertaining questions each week.
Another benefit of making Yahoo! your homepage is that it’s just a great way start your day. As one of the most popular Web destinations in the world, the Yahoo! homepage offers premium and constantly updated international, local, pop culture and sports news. You can also find helpful information on parenting and education – whether it’s in an article on Shine or asking your own question to the community on Yahoo! Answers.
- What is the Yahoo! Homepages for Homerooms program?
- The Yahoo! Homepages for Homerooms program is an easy, no-cost way for communities to support local classroom projects. Between August 22 and October 16, 2011 at 11:59 pm ET, Yahoo! will provide $200,000 in funding to the classroom projects that get the most votes. Anyone can vote for a project by making Yahoo! their homepage and answering weekly extra credit trivia questions.
- How does making Yahoo! my homepage help classroom projects?
- By making Yahoo! your homepage, you receive a vote towards the project of your choice. Each week, projects that get the most votes will receive $600 in funding (or the amount required to fully fund the project if less than $600) from Yahoo! via the DonorsChoose.org site. Yahoo! will donate a guaranteed total of $25,000 per week or $200,000 by program’s end. Each week begins on Monday at 12am E.T., and ends on Sunday at 11:59pm E.T. Projects that don’t receive funding in a give week will retain votes going into the next week
- How long does Yahoo! Homepages for Homerooms run?
- The program will run for eight weeks, from Monday, August 22, 2011, through Sunday, October 16, 2011, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
- How can I tell how many votes a project has received or if it has been funded?
- Active projects list the number of votes received (homepages + additional votes earned) on the main Projects listing page (to the right of each project summary), and on each individual project details page. Check back at yahoo.homepagesforhomerooms.com after October 17, 2011, for a list of all the projects that received funding from Yahoo!.
- How will Yahoo! use my email address?
- Entering a valid e-mail address is required to ensure your homepage is counted towards your project of choice. You will also receive emails twice a week for the duration of the program inviting you to participate in extra credit trivia questions via email. Your e-mail address will not be used for any other purposes. Yahoo! respects your privacy. To view the Yahoo! privacy policy, please click here.
- Where do I go if I have more questions?
- You can submit additional questions or contact the DonorsChoose.org team at http://help.donorschoose.org/.
- How can I participate in Yahoo! Homepages for Homerooms? Is there a cost?
- There is no cost to participate in Yahoo! Homepages for Homerooms. You just need to make Yahoo! your homepage to vote for a project. To do so, go to the Projects section and search for a project you want to support. Click the Vote Now button and follow the prompt to make Yahoo! your homepage. Projects that get the most votes will receive up to $600 in funding from Yahoo! You may participate one time, in support of one project, between August 22 and October 16, 2011. You can also earn additional votes for your project by answering weekly trivia questions sent to your inbox. It’s a great way to have some fun and do more to support your project. Please remember that we reserve the right to disqualify individuals or projects if, in our sole discretion, we believe program requirements were not followed.
- How many times can I participate in Yahoo! Homepages for Homerooms?
- You may participate one time (in support of one project) between August 22nd and October 16, 2011 by making Yahoo! your homepage. You can also earn extra credit for your project by answering weekly trivia questions sent to your inbox. To get even more votes for your favorite project, make sure to tell your friends, family and colleagues to visit yahoo.homepagesforhomerooms.com to participate as well. Yahoo! and DonorsChoose.org reserve the right to disqualify any participants who attempt to acquire homepage votes fraudulently.
- What tools are available to help me spread the word about Yahoo! Homepages for Homerooms?
- Use the “Share” links throughout the site and associated with your specific project to spread the word to friends and family. If you’re a teacher, download our Teacher Toolkit that includes downloadable flyers, Facebook messaging and more. Remember that the URL for Homepages for Homerooms is yahoo.homepagesforhomerooms.com.
- What does it mean to make Yahoo! my homepage?
- Making or "setting" your homepage to Yahoo! means making Yahoo! the first website that loads when you start your browser.
- My homepage is already Yahoo!. Can I still participate?
- Yes, you can still participate one time in the program. Just follow the steps outlined on the Projects tab to ensure your vote is counted.
- Does it cost anything to change my homepage to Yahoo!?
- No. Making Yahoo! your homepage is not only quick and free – it’s also a great way start your day. As one of the most popular Web destinations in the world, Yahoo! offers premium and constantly-updated international, local, pop culture, and sports news – as well as valuable content and forums on topics like parenting and education.
- What is the Extra Credit Quiz?
- It’s a great way to show even more votes for your project. Twice a week, for the duration of the program, we’ll send you an email with a link to a trivia question. If you get that question right, you’ll earn another vote towards your project. Votes will be automatically applied to the project you chose when you first made Yahoo! your homepage.
- Do I have to participate?
- No. We’ll send you an email inviting you take part in order to earn more votes for your project, but you’re free to unsubscribe from the email or simply not participate.
- How many extra votes can I earn?
- You’ll have the chance to earn an additional two votes per week for a total of 16 votes for your project.
- How do I answer the questions?
- You’ll be sent an email with a link that takes you straight to the Extra Credit page on our site. You'll be asked to log in using the email address you used to vote for your project. You can also go to the Yahoo! Homepages for Homerooms site directly and log in using the button in the top right corner of the Webpage.
- What sort of trivia questions will I be asked?
- You’ll be asked multiple-choice questions and open-ended questions that cover everything from international news to pop culture. The Yahoo! network covers it all, so study up!
- What happens if I don’t answer correctly?
- We’ll give you access to a Yahoo! search bar to quickly research answers, and also a tip that will help you find the correct answer. If you still answer incorrectly, we’ll ask you to try again.
About Yahoo!
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About Donorschoose.org
DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. To date, 160,000 classroom projects have brought learning alive for students, primarily in high proverty neighborhoods. Over 4 million students have received books, technology, supplies and other resources.Public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom project requests on DonorsChoose.org. Requests range from pencils for a poetry writing unit, to violins for a school recital, to microscope slides for a biology class. Over 25% of all US public schools have participated in DonorsChoose.org. The community can browse project requests and give any amount to the one that inspires them. Once a project reaches its funding goal, DonorsChoose.org delivers the materials to the school.
DonorsChoose.org often partners with companies such as Yahoo! to provide other innovative and easy ways for teachers to get their projects funded. With Homepages for Homerooms, for example, DonorsChoose.org and Yahoo! have teamed up to fund classroom projects which get the most people to make Yahoo! their homepage.
DonorsChoose.org has received Charity Navigator’s highest rating of 4 stars, and was awarded the Fast Company Social Capitalist Award two years in a row.
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