Today has been an exciting day for me, my projects on Donor's Choose have been funded. For those who don't know, Donor's Choose is a philanthropic- type website that is dedicated to provide resources to students that attend high need schools in the inner city. Teachers can sign up, write proposals for items they need for their classrooms, for example books, dictionaries, science supplies, stationary, music instruments, etc, etc. They must explain why these are needed and how they will be used to enhance student learning. Once proposals are posted on their website donors and organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation browse through proposals and donate to those they feel strongly about. Once a project has been completely funded, the teacher receives and email and responds to acknowledge that the resources requested are still needed. Once these steps are completed the resources are shipped to the teacher at his or her school!! Part of the process also requires thank you letters from the teacher and students that received the resources.
A couple of my colleagues have been using this website for some time, and most of their proposals have been funded. I was a bit skeptical at first, but I posted two proposals a little over a month ago, and as of today both of them have been officially funded.! It is amazing to see that there are people out there that believe in giving to students that are less fortunate, all in an effort to improve the quality of education. I know that my students will be extremely appreciative of receiving the books and dictionaries that I requested. This website is awesome!!
http://www.donorschoose.org/
That is very cool! Congrats, and thanks for sharing!
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