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Give in honor of Barack Obama

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<div> Thank you, Obama supporters and citizens of the Colbert Nation! You have blown through the original $66,001 funding goal, and Pennsylvania teachers have responded with incredible enthusiasm. Hundreds of teachers, from Philadelphia to Erie and everywhere in between, are now posting classroom needs. This is a one-time opportunity to make a profound impact on public schools in the Keystone state, so Stephen Colbert now challenges you to reach the increased goal of ... more
<div> Thank you, Obama supporters and citizens of the Colbert Nation! You have blown through the original $66,001 funding goal, and Pennsylvania teachers have responded with incredible enthusiasm. Hundreds of teachers, from Philadelphia to Erie and everywhere in between, are now posting classroom needs. This is a one-time opportunity to make a profound impact on public schools in the Keystone state, so Stephen Colbert now challenges you to reach the increased goal of $200,001! </div> <!--<div class="button" align="center" style="margin: 6px 0px -7px 0px"> <form align="center" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"> <input type="image" src="../images/ppbutton-bo.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Give in honor of Barack" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/paypal/button-bo')"> <img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"> <input type="hidden" name="encrypted" value="-----BEGIN PKCS7-----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-----END PKCS7----- "> </form></div>--> <div style="margin: 10px 0px -10px 0px; font-size:79%">Associated with Stephen Colbert, not with any official presidential campaign. <a href="#" onclick="window.open('../help/donor_faq.html?q=562', '', 'width=800,height=480,location=yes,menubar=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes'); return false;" >Questions</a>?</div> hide
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