We’re honored to announce a new Executive Director, Bob Thacker, who brings four decades of experience in business and marketing at OfficeMax, Target, Sears and beyond. We’re thrilled to have him join our team and are opening a second office in Minneapolis so we can continue to push beyond on boundaries to support more teachers […]

We hope 2011 has been off to a fantastic start for you! At Adopt-A-Classroom, we’ve been involved in the Members Project contest and it’s ending soon on Feb 20, so if you haven’t voted for Adopt-A-Classroom this week (you get 1 vote per week), would you please vote today? Your vote can help us win […]

Our friends at Kids In Need Foundation are in this week’s Target Give Joy Promotion and we are happy to support their participation! They’d like you’re support too and here’s what you can do to help Kids In Need Foundation receive up to $50,000 this week: go to www.facebook.com/target and create a wish list. For […]

By Laurie Johns, 1st Grade Teacher, Greenbrae Elementary Teachers: The whole idea behind Adopt-A-Classroom is to get your classroom adopted, correct? That requires getting friends, family and businesses to adopt you. To do that you need to ASK, ASK, ASK. The more businesses and people you get supporting you, the more money for your classroom. […]

By Amy Bennett-Rosado, Kindergarten Teacher, Lexington Elementary Thanks to technology, I as a teacher now have the power to fund and implement a technology-integrated classroom. I realized quickly big plans and no funds were a common aspect of teaching in public education. So here is a peek into part of a typical day in my […]

By Jake McDuffee, Language Arts Teacher, Winchester Village Elementary When I first signed up for Adopt-A-Classroom, I was excited about the opportunity to get supplies for my classroom. I was fortunate enough to be adopted by a donor almost immediately. I told a colleague about the program and the following year, we both were adopted […]

It’s almost 2011 and we are proud that Adopt-A-Classroom is featured in the 2011 Champions of Change calendar! The calendar is designed to raise awareness for charitable organizations and we are highlighted in the month of August, right in time for the Back-to-School season. Each month of the calendar features a different organization and we […]

We are very excited that Adopt-A-Classroom has been selected to participate in the next round of Members Project voting! This means that we will have a chance to win $200,000 in funding from American Express through Members Project – as long as we get enough votes. The next round of voting starts on Monday, November […]

We are excited to announce that on Thursday, September 30, NASCAR driver Danica Patrick (far right) presented a charitable donation to Adopt-A-Classroom as part of a partnership with Boost Mobile! Our Programs Director, Sujey Acuna (far left), and Director of Finance, AnaLauren Pamintuan (second to left), were on site at the Boost Mobile store in […]