Several wonderful benefactors have come forward and pledged to make our sixth annual Buck-a-Hit Day (next Wednesday, Dec. 17) a monster. If you readers out there come through -- visiting this site that day, and making a donation of your own if you can -- it's looking like we'll be able to break last year's record, and then some.

So dig around those sofa cushions and see if you can scrape up some loose change. But with or without bucks in hand, do come back to this site next Wednesday, when just showing up will make a difference. For every visitor, a buck to charity. We will have more details over the next day or two.