The holidays can be a great time to fundraise for your classroom. But to inspire donations, your classroom page needs to be attention-grabbing and informative.
If you’re looking to spruce up your classroom page for the holidays, here are our top tips:
1. Photos are worth a thousand words.
2. Make sure your classroom page doesn’t look abandoned.
3. Your page shouldn’t sound like it was written by AI (even if you had help).
Before You Start: Register With AdoptAClassroom.org
Before you can raise donations for your classroom on AdoptAClassroom.org, you need to register and have a classroom page. This video shows you how to register and set up your AdoptAClassroom.org classroom page in under five minutes.
Need help? Contact our teacher services team at [email protected].
Fundraising Tip #1 – Photos Are Worth A Thousand Words
For most people, pictures are more persuasive than words alone. That’s why we strongly encourage you to upload both a compelling profile picture and a banner photo on your AdoptAClassroom.org classroom page.
Check out these examples from AdoptAClassroom.org teachers.
Here’s why each photo is important to your classroom page:
Profile Photo – A photo, Memoji/Bitmoji or other illustration depicting the teacher. This gives donors a sense of whose classroom they’re giving to.
Banner Photo – Your banner image appears at the top of your classroom page, directly above your name and school. It’s one of the first things potential donors see and is your best chance to catch their attention. Photos can feature anything from the run-down supplies you’re trying to replace to a picture of you or your students hard at work. If the photo includes students’ faces, make sure to have their guardians complete the proper photo releases first.
Fundraising Tip #2 – Make Sure Your Classroom Page Doesn’t Look Abandoned
Forgetting to remove photos taken during COVID distancing or using outdated hashtags (like #GivingTuesday2021) in your classroom page can make your classroom page look abandoned.
Taking five minutes to review your classroom page before a donation match is definitely worth the effort. Here’s a checklist of things to glance at while you’re logged in.
• Your grade level and teaching subject are correct
• Your supply needs are accurate and match your fundraising goal
• You include at least one interesting detail about your classroom that donors can emotionally connect with
Fundraising Tip #3 – Your Page Shouldn’t Sound Like It Was Written by AI (Even if You Had Help)
We always encourage teachers to write their own classroom page. Donors give when they feel an emotional connection to your classroom and that’s hard for AI to produce.
If you do plan to use AI to help enhance your writing, make sure to check its work for accuracy and avoid obvious mistakes. This blog post provides more in-depth advice, but here are some common mistakes we see:
• Forgetting to remove the chat details when copying and pasting, so your classroom page has time and date stamps or the name of the AI you used
• Not removing text indicating the AI is answering a prompt like “Sure, I can help you write an engaging classroom page that highlights your students’ needs”
Need a little motivation to register or log in? Check out our holiday funding opportunities for educators. You could win $500 just by posting an update to your classroom page!
• $30,000 Classroom Donation Match – Double donations (up to $50) to teachers’ classroom pages on December 2-3, 2025
• $1,000 Giving Tuesday Giveaway – $500 to two teachers who enter by December 4, 2025