<h3>Darius Rucker has donated his birthday to DonorsChoose.org, an organization that helps individual teachers gain funding for school programs.</h3>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://thedhnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dariusrucker-300x174.jpg" title="Darius Rucker News" class="attachment-medium" alt="Darius Rucker News" vspace="6" width="300" border="0" height="174" hspace="6" /></p>
<p><strong><a title="Darius Rucker" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSDarius/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fdarius-rucker-tickets%2F">Darius Rucker</a></strong> has joined in on my absolute favorite charity organization <a href="http://www.donorschoose.org">DonorsChoose</a> by creating his very own <strong>Birthday Giving Page</strong> to help fund public education programs nationwide. For those not familiar with DonorsChoose, I URGE you to go check it out now!</p>
<p>From the Press Release:</p>
<blockquote><p>Capital Records Nashville artist <strong><a title="Darius Rucker" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSDarius/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fdarius-rucker-tickets%2F">Darius Rucker</a></strong> of Hootie &; The Blowfish has donated his birthday (tomorrow, May 13) to innovative education charity DonorsChoose.org as part of the The Great Give-Back Birthday. See his birthday giving page here. The new campaign invites individuals to donate their birthdays to support high-need public school classrooms nationwide.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s how it works: birthday donors create custom birthday giving pages at <a href="www.DonorsChoose.org/Birthday" target="_blank"><strong>www.DonorsChoose.org/Birthday</strong></a>, then select their favorite classroom projects submitted by public school teachers, and then invite friends and family to donate to those projects in honor of their birthdays.</p>
<p>To date, donors have funded over $30 million worth of materials for nearly 2 million students across the country at DonorsChoose.org. At DonorsChoose.org, teachers submit projects proposals for materials and experiences their students – many low-income – need to learn. These ideas become classroom reality when everyday citizens choose projects to fund.</p>
<p>In addition to Rucker, Stephen Colbert has also donated his birthday to DonorsChoose.org.</p></blockquote>
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