PPG Foundation Transforms STEM Learning for Students

STEM careers are projected to grow 8% by 2029, compared to 3.7% in other careers. Unfortunately, high-needs schools often lack the up-to-date, hands-on equipment and technology required to help students engage in STEM lessons and prepare them for future careers. The PPG Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PPG, a leading paint and coating manufacturer, is

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Best Year Ever Helps More Teachers in 2024

28,000 classrooms across the country received support from our donors and corporate sponsors in 2023. Best Year Ever, the ‘school supplies with spirit’ brand was part of last year’s success, and they’re teaming up with us for the fourth consecutive year to help even more classrooms.  Best Year Ever is once again donating *5% of

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ACE Cash Express Helps Teachers Spend Less on Supplies

For more than a decade, ACE Cash Express has helped students at high-needs schools access the supplies they need to learn. Since 2013, they’ve donated nearly $600,000 to AdoptAClassroom.org through their annual Give A Little Campaign.  This year, 216 ACE locations are coming together to raise funds for teachers.  From May 1-31, ACE employees at

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Burlington Empowers 1.3 Million PreK-12 Students

Since 2017, Burlington, the national discount retailer, has helped equip more than 1.3 million students in their store communities nationwide with the school supplies they need to thrive in school and build brighter futures.  During the 2023 back-to-school season, Burlington raised an additional $1.6 million for local high-needs classrooms during their seventh annual in-store fundraising

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"Supporting Meaningful Play"
MAGNA-TILES® Provides Classrooms Funding for Meaningful Play

MAGNA-TILES, the original brand of magnetic construction toys, donated more than $60,000 to fund over 200 high-needs PreK classrooms in Chicago Public Schools. In addition, to help teachers foster students’ creative learning and play, MAGNA-TILES is gifting each classroom with three MAGNA-TILES Storage Bin Bundles valued at more than $400 total. Two hundred PreK teachers

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J.Crew Fosters Creativity by Funding Arts Education

J.Crew has teamed up with AdoptAClassroom.org to support PreK-12 art teachers and PreK-12 art schools because they believe a strong art education is essential for every child’s development and success. Their donation will help foster creativity for students in high-needs schools in need of classroom supplies. Donations like this are so important because arts programs

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PAYDAY Celebrates Teachers for Their Invaluable Service

Nearly everyone has that one teacher. The teacher who helped you grow. The teacher who introduced you to a new passion. The teacher who changed your life for the better. Why? Because teachers are heroes who dedicate their careers to helping students learn and grow. To recognize teachers for their hard work and invaluable service,

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Prepare Your Students for Adventure: $20,000 Giveaway

Students need the proper supplies to suit up for adventures inside the classroom and beyond. To help equip students with the supplies they need, our new friends at Dungeons & Dragons are giving away $100 and a D&D library to 200 teachers through AdoptAClassroom.org.  To enter this giveaway, teachers must be registered with AdoptAClassroom.org and

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3 Teacher Stories From Educators Changing Lives

Since 1998, our donors and corporate sponsors have teamed up with us to adopt classrooms across the country, helping 6.4 million students learn and succeed in school. Over these past 25 years, we’ve received tens of thousands of remarkable teacher stories that illustrate the great lengths teachers go to support their students. Read these three

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