Have you ever wondered what you could do for your child's teacher to make their classroom just that much better? If so, check out the amazing organization called DonorsChoose.org. DonorsChoose.org is a website that provides teachers with a place to write grants for their classrooms. Teachers can go "shopping" at approved stores and create a wish list for a project in for their classroom. Grants can range from small projects, such as more books for a classroom library, to large projects, such as field trips.
Once projects are approved and posted, donors (everyone from individuals to companies) can look through them to choose just the right project to support. Donors can contribute any amount towards any project that they like. You can sort by types of projects, locations of schools, grade level of classrooms... just about anything! If you or someone you know is thinking about making a charitable donation, this is a great way to go! All donations are tax deductable and go directly to helping individual classrooms. Just this week alone, 2,188 donors funded 557 projects that reached 17,589 students!
If you are interested in checking out this site, here is a link to the project that Mrs. Thomas and I have posted (http://www.donorschoose.org/sambito). We are hoping to have our project fully funded by the start of next school year, and we would love your help with spreading the word!
Aww, you guys are awesome. We're pulling for you and your project. Thanks for the post and all the kind words! Best of luck with the rest of the school year!
ReplyDeleteDonorsChoose has funded so many great resources for our teachers to benefit student achievement. I'm pulling for you, too!
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