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Fall 2022 - Geosciences Summer Field Academy

$10,550
105%
Raised toward our $10,000 Goal
32 Donors
Project has ended
Project ended on November 29, at 11:59 PM CST
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Almost There!

November 28, 2022

WOW! Thank you everyone for your support of our project! With one day left of PhilanthroPete, can you help us reach out 10K goal? Our project is currently 91% funded, and we have TWO challenges where you can DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT: 

1) Our Match Challenge where Sue and Mike Gaskins are generously matching $ for $ for ANY NEW DONATIONS for our Geology Summer Field Academy Fund, up to a maximum of $1000! 

2) At the end of this campaign, the three PhilanthroPete projects with the most number of donors will receive additional funds towards their project!

We are so thankful for your support of this project, where we can provide hands-on learning opportunities in the geosciences for underserved students across Oklahoma, at no cost to them! 

Any donation amount helps, and even if you cannot donate, just sharing helps this project be successful. 

Thank you, and we appreciate everyone's support for this initiative! Go Pokes! 

One More Week!

November 22, 2022

With one week left of PhilanthroPete, can you help us increase our project funding percentage? Our project is currently 31% funded, and we have TWO challenges where you can DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT: 

1) Our Match Challenge where Sue and Mike Gaskins are generously matching $ for $ for ANY NEW DONATIONS for our Geology Summer Field Academy Fund, up to a maximum of $1000! 

2) At the end of this campaign, the three PhilanthroPete projects with the most number of donors will receive additional funds towards their project!

We are so thankful for your support of this project, where we can provide hands-on learning opportunities in the geosciences for underserved students across Oklahoma, at no cost to them! 

Any donation amount helps, and even if you cannot donate, just sharing helps this project be successful. 

Thank you, and we appreciate everyone's support for this initiative! Go Pokes! 

The Match Challenge

November 14, 2022

We have a Match Challenge! Sue and Mike Gaskins are generously matching $ for $ for ANY NEW DONATIONS for our Geology Summer Field Academy Fund, up to a maximum of $1000. This means any new donations will have DOUBLE the IMPACT for students in Oklahoma!

Any donation amount helps, and even if you cannot donate, just sharing helps this project be successful. 

Thank you, and we appreciate everyone's support for this initiative! Go Pokes! 

14% down, can we reach 25% this week?

November 10, 2022

Due to the generosity of our donors, we are 14% of the way to reaching our goal to continue to provide a Geosciences Summer Academy experience to underserved high school students across Oklahoma. We'd like to increase this percentage to 25% this week!

November 8 was National STEM Day, where people are encouraged to explore their interests in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. However, approximately 15% of STEM majors wind up dropping out during their first year. One of our goals with this Summer Academy is to work towards lowering that percent, as hands-on STEM opportunities have been shown to be successful in keeping students in STEM pathways.

We are committed and focused on engaging in geoscience education for the next generation of scientists, we just need YOUR HELP to make it happen! 

Thank you, we appreciate your support!

Levels
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$10

Spessartine Garnet

Your donation will be put towards supplies, such as notebooks, test kits, rock hammers, and more.

$30

Crocoite

Your donation will cover room and board for one student for one night.

$150

Sunstone (Orange Plagioclase)

Your donation will cover room and board for one student for the duration of the Academy (5 days).

$300

Hessonite Garnet

Your donation will cover room and board for two students during the duration of the Academy.

$600

Creedite

Your donation will cover room and board for four students for the duration of the Academy.

$1,000

Wulfenite

Your donation will go towards room, board, and travel for students.

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