Got a buck or two to spare? Here's a place to learn more about some of this week's new campaigns, and the people and goals behind various community tin cups.

Have a campaign you'd like to let people know about? Start a new workspace page, giving it the name of your current campaign. Use it to tell people about your goals, and how their spare change in your particular tin cup is going to help.

Looking for tools to help you start a campaign, and tips for getting it off the ground? Check the discussions within for tips from others community members, ask questions, and share ideas of your own.

Once a week we'll offer an updated listing of some of the new campaigns to hit the deck, tips on how some of the more successful campaigns were launched, and an update on campaigns that have met their goals and how it's helping them grow their capacity to make good things happen along the way.

This space is not intended to be an endorsement of any particular campaign, but rather an "artisan's alley" to make it easier to drop in when you have a few minutes here and then and a buck or two to spare.

How do you know if a campaign is credible or it's attachment to a particular project or organization authentic? The first place to start is a look at the reputation points attached to the person sponsoring the campaign, and the feedback points given to the campaign itself. Ask questions of the sponsor, and those who have left comments supporting the campaign along the way. It's just one of the ways to help you decide which cups you'd like to drop some change in to support this week, and perhaps to help you begin to build a relationship with people and projects that you think you might like to contribute to in a more active way as you go along.