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Hille Foundation Supports Tulsa County Classrooms with $25,000 Grant!

By Natalie Friday, Oct 3, 2008 at 5:35pm

The Hille Foundation has just kicked off a Double Your Impact campaign to support Tulsa County teacher projects.

This generous $25,000 grant will be used to match donations to teacher projects from high-need schools in Tulsa County. Teachers at Tulsa Public Schools, Jenks Public Schools and Union Public Schools are encouraged to post projects for classroom needs.

Fantastic Tulsa projects currently eligible for the match offer include, “Reading and Math are FUNdamental!” and “Unraveling the Mystery of Reading”. Please click here to see all the fabulous projects supported by the Hille Foundation.

Thank you so much Hille Foundation for your generosity and for being a wonderful partner!

Hille Foundation

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Georgia Students “Pay It Forward”

By Natalie Tuesday, Jun 3, 2008 at 2:10pm

Last fall, Georgia teacher Jaime Williams received a listening center and audio books for her classroom through DonorsChoose.org. Ms. Williams was so inspired by the generous donations from individuals to support her classroom that she designed an economics lesson to simultaneously teach her third graders the importance of giving.

Ms. Williams’ students participated in a class project she called “Pay It Forward,” in which each student wrote a persuasive letter to grocery store managers at Publix Supermarket asking to donate sweets for them to sell. The managers generously provided cookies, and the class was able to raise $300 to continue the cycle of giving.

The students completely funded one Chicago teacher’s project and donated another $100 to a second Chicago classroom project that has now been fulfilled. Since funding the projects, Ms. Williams’ third graders have been writing pen pal letters to one of the Chicago teachers who plans to continue the “Pay It Forward” project.

Click here to watch a news clip about this truly inspirational project.

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50% Off Houston ISD Science and Math Projects!

By Natalie Friday, May 23, 2008 at 12:04pm

Thanks to a generous donation from The Simmons Foundation, Citizen Philanthropists have the opportunity to fund Houston ISD (HISD) science and math projects at half the cost.

Proposals ranging from graphing calculators to microscopes to LCD projectors are sure to make a huge difference in the lives of HISD students now and for years to come.

Help make much-needed resources a reality for Houston students. Click here to double your impact and give to teacher proposals matched by The Simmons Foundation.

Houston ISD teachers: Be sure to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity. Post proposals for science and math materials!

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DonorsChoose.org Tops $1 Million Mark in Texas!

By Natalie Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 3:43pm

The South Team is thrilled to report that DonorsChoose.org has raised $1 million for the Lone Star State! Texas teachers have received books, technology, science equipment, and other much-needed classroom resources.

DonorsChoose.org became available to Texas public school classrooms in December of 2005 after being named the “Most Innovative Charity in America” by Amazon.com and the Stanford Business School. DonorsChoose.org committed the awarded funds to help rebuild classrooms destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Since then, the $1 million in donations has funded over 2,100 teacher projects and impacted more than 50,000 students! Teachers in nearly every part of the state have visited DonorsChoose.org and posted requests for classrooms materials.

We would like to thank all of the donors who helped us reach this huge milestone! There are still more Texas projects in need of funding. Click here to make a positive impact in the lives of Texas students.

$1,002,031 to 51,224 Texas students, from donors in 49 states

Texas

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