Gifts that Teachers Really Want

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parents, students and others are glad to learn there's an easy wayto give teachers a truly mean- ingful gift for the holidays, at the endof term or for Teacher Appreciation Week. The non-profit AdoptAClassroom.org makesit simple to donate to your favorite teacher. The Need Considerthis: US.teachers spend an average of $600 outoftheir own pock- Better than an apple. This holiday seasonorat any time, you can give the school supplies they need to suc- a meaningfulgift to teachers: Adopt ceed—one in five teachers spends more their classrooms andhelp them get than $1,000. With part of the school the supplies they need. ets each yearto ensure each student has year already past, many teachers need to replenish the dwindling inventory ofclassroom supplies and materials for their students. This puts an addedfinancial burden onteachers during the hol- iday season. An Answer Fortunately, an answer is at hand. AdoptAClassroom.org provides teach- ers with an online platform to crowdfundfor classroom materials. Making a donation to a teacher's AdoptAClassroom.org accountis a lot like giving a gift card for schoolsupplies (according to the National Retail Feder- nifer Cummings. “AdoptAClassroom. org gives methe freedomto shop online with a variety of stores and when it’s convenient for me” Donors can see how theirgifts bene- fit the classroomsthey support because they receive reports showing what the teachers purchasedfortheir students. As an award-winning 501(c)(3), AdoptAClassroom.org makes it easy for individual donors and corporate sponsorsto donate funds to K-12 classrooms in public, private and charter schools throughout the U.S. To date, ation,gift cardsareat the top of 61 per- AdoptAClassroom.org has served more list this year) but with a widerselection a holiday donation, make a donation in cent of surveyed people's holiday wish ofstores from whichto shop. than 216,000teachers. To give a teacher someone's honor, orto donate in general “Receiving funds through visit www.AdoptAClassroom.org. AdoptAClassroom.org is much Learn More better han receiving a gift card to a specific store,’ said math teacher Jen- Forfurther information or to adopt a classroom,visit wwwadoptaclassroom.org.