I was diligently working in the NTEN bullpen, answering phone calls from Nonprofit Technology Conference registrants, when I heard a tap tap tap from under my desk. The penguins were communicating in morse code to send this urgent message:

SOS! SOS! NTEN is subjecting us to unspeakable treatment. They have forced us to listen to NTEN staffers singing show-tunes, brought in Ninjas to limber us up – and are feeding us nothing but cupcakes!

A donation to the 2012 NTC Scholarship Campaign will not only ensure our safe release into the wild (and the return of our piggy banks), it will make our captors eat some delicious humble pie: with each donation, you'll receive a vote on which song the NTEN staff must sing, in public, at the conference. Have you heard Anna sing? We have. Did we mention the unspeakable treatment?

Yes, if you donate three times, you get three votes!

SOS! Release the Penguins! Send 50 nonprofits to the NTC! SOS!