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A Letter From a Rhode Island Teacher to Her Fellow Teachers:

Everybody’s doing it?

Are you?

38,500 teachers around the U.S.A. have posted projects on DonorsChoose.org. So far over $19,408,436 has been funneled into public school classrooms around the country thanks to the generosity of patrons who wish to transform classrooms.

I first used DonorsChoose.org in October 2004 when I started teaching fifth grade in East Harlem, NY. Since that time I have had fifty seven proposals funded equaling $31,620.65! That’s right… over $30,000 just for my students. These funds have transformed my teaching allowing me to expand my classroom library to include poetry books, novels with strong girl characters, and a rug for our Meeting Area. In addition I been granted money for special programming (yoga and theater sessions for my students), as well as money for field trips to museums, zoos, and other cultural sites around New York City. I even received the funds I needed to publish and market a book of my students’ writing (Deal With It: Powerful Words from Smart, Young Women) last year!

Proposals submitted on DonorsChoose.org have a 62% success rate of being funded. The average cost of my proposals has been $500 dollars and I strongly recommend making your first proposal $500 or less. The process is easy and generally only takes 20 minutes, including an essay of 400 words or less and shopping for the classroom materials, which is similar to shopping on amazon.com, except you don’t put your credit card number in at the end of the transaction.

I take full advantage of the amount of proposals I’m allowed to have up on DonorsChoose.org. I eagerly await the unfunded proposals I have up now being funded in the coming weeks. It’s a great feeling to get an e-mail from DonorsChoose stating that a proposal of mine has been funded. It brings an instant smile to my face and lets me realize that this world is a better place thanks to the donors who fund proposals like mine.

DonorsChoose.org will help you post your proposals and get materials for your classroom. Just go to the Teacher Inquiries page if you need help and someone from DonorsChoose.org will answer your question. What could be better than that?

Be sure to think out of the box. Use your imagination. Anything is possible with a well-written proposal.

Good luck!

–Stacey Shubitz, Two Writing Teachers

Stacey is just one of the tens of thousands of teachers who have successfully used DonorsChoose.org. Be the next DonorsChoose.org Success Story — write your proposal today!

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