We discover this morning that a reader has come along and donated $250 to the Oregon Food Bank -- and a sponsor has added another $25 to his match pledge -- bringing our Buck-a-Hit Day charity total to $8,957. And so not only did we fill out our match challenge, but we also raised more money than we did last year. Fantastic!

We still have one item left on our to-do list: name the winner of our comment contest. That winner will get to steer $250 of our charity collections to a charity of his or her choice. The voting continues until noon tomorrow; you can check out the finalists and cast your vote here.