flcoastallife Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Hello Friends! For those of you who don't know, I'm a first grade teacher and this summer I've been working very hard on creating a DonorsChoose project for my students. DonorsChoose is a site that allows people to donate to classrooms to help fund important materials that the school district does not supply. My project is for a machine that will allow me to create custom labels and flash cards for my English language learner students. My classroom has an increasing ELL (English Language Learners) population and I know this machine will greatly impact my students' ability to learn English. I have a sponsor match right now so all donations are being matched 100% which is super exciting! If you're interested in learning more about my project or possibly donating please let me know! Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellysundae Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Good luck! I don't have a penny to my name so I sadly can't help, but I have a good friend who's (also) a teacher in Florida (I'm guessing there, going by your user name) and I've donated to her DonorsChoose projects in the past. It's pretty heart-breaking when a system is such a mess that a teacher's only means of getting funds for equipment is donations from strangers. flcoastallife 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flcoastallife Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Hi JellySundae! I grew up in FL (hence the name) but I now live in CO. Thanks for the kind words and your friend is lucky to have you to help support her. I agree the system is pretty messed up. I spend hundreds of dollars each year on my classroom from my own pocket and normally I would just suck it up and buy this machine myself but I'm in grad school right now and (you guessed it) my district isn't helping with tuition costs so all of my money is going towards that right now. Anyways- my project is only $179 away from completion right now! and even if you yourself can't afford to donate it would mean so much if you could share my project with maybe someone you know who might be interested. I love how supportive and kind this community is and I'm so proud to be a part of it! You can read about my project here: https://www.donorschoose.org/project/little-learners-need-labels/2646269/?rf=link-siteshare-2017-07-teacher-teacher_3912095&challengeid=20846841 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charelan Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Good luck with this project! Teachers honestly don't get enough thanks for all the extras. You will make a big difference to these children by caring so much :) flcoastallife 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flcoastallife Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 For who ever donated this morning thank you so much! If you let me know your neopets name I'd love to send you a little thank you gift! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balloongal247 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I would recommend not sending a thank you gift on neopets for people donating real world money, as that could be twisted to be seen as them giving you real world money for neopets items, which is very against the rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flcoastallife Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 Thank you for the suggestion balloongal247. I wouldn't want to break the rules! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukia Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Best of luck on reaching your goal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flcoastallife Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 EEK! I'm only $74 away from my project being completed! Every dollar donated matters and I'm so excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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