Last Updated 8/20/2019 11:00PM CST: We’ve reached our goal, but please keep supporting the teachers and schools you love.
Thank you to everyone who participated. Still want to help? Search for your favorite teacher here or school here.
Back to school can be a difficult time for educators and students alike. A new school year brings a lot of uncertainty. More than half of public school students cannot afford school lunch, so they struggle to show up on the first day with the classroom supplies they need to participate and succeed in their learning. This leaves educators scrambling to provide what their classrooms need. Teachers spend on average $740 a year of their own money on supplies. That’s why we’re helping lighten the load.
Donations up to $50* to teacher or school pages will be matched by AdoptAClassroom.org! Matching begins at 10 AM CST on Tuesday, 8/20/2019. Even better, donors can set up their donation monthly to support classrooms or schools all year long.**
Don’t wait, because we can only match 80 teachers or schools. Search for your favorite teacher here or school here.
Teachers/Schools: If you share a link to your classroom or school page on Twitter on 8/20/2019 and tag @Adopt_Classroom, we’ll retweet you! Be sure to create your classroom page by registering here. Schools, create your page by registering here.
To get you started, here are some ideas for how to reach out to your community:
Facebook – Download the image here.
Dear friends: My students are facing a lot of challenges this back-to-school season, but here’s one way you can help. If you give to my @AdoptAClassroom page on Tuesday 8/20/2019, your donation may be matched up to $50. Your gift is tax-deductible and you can even set up a monthly donation to support us all year. I can spend this money on exactly what we need, and you’ll get a list of everything we purchased with your gift. We will spend your donation on [write a quick example of what you need]. Thank you for considering supporting us!
Give here: [link to your AdoptAClassroom.org page]
Instagram – Download the image here.
Dear friends: My students are facing a lot of challenges this back-to-school season, but here’s one way you can help. If you give to my @AdoptAClassroom page on Tuesday 8/20/2019, your donation may be matched up to $50. Your gift is tax-deductible and you can even set up a monthly donation to support us all year. I can spend this money on exactly what we need, and you’ll get a list of everything we purchased with your gift. We will spend your donation on [write a quick example of what you need]. Thank you for considering supporting us!
The link to my page is in my bio. [Be sure to update your bio to link to your AdoptAClassroom.org page]
Twitter – Download the image here.
If you give to my @Adopt_Classroom page on Tuesday 8/20/2019 your donation may be matched up to $50! You can even set up a monthly donation to support us all year. Give here: [link to your AdoptAClassroom.org page]
Example Email
Dear Friends:
My students are facing a lot of challenges this back-to-school season, but here’s one way you can help. If you give to my AdoptAClassroom.org page on Tuesday 8/20/2019, your donation may be matched up to $50. Your gift is tax-deductible and you can even set up a monthly donation to support us all year. I can spend this money on exactly what we need, and you’ll get a list of everything we purchased with your gift. We will spend your donation on [write a quick example of what you need]. Give here: [link to your AdoptAClassroom.org page]
Thank you for considering supporting us!
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More Details:
*Matching begins at 10 AM CST on Tuesday, 8/20/2019 and ends when we hit our goal of 80 classrooms and/or schools funded. Donors will be notified via email by 6pm CST on 8/21/2019 if their donation earned a match. We will update this page the moment the match runs out. Donations must be processed on 8/20/2019 as part of the first 80 school or teacher donations. Mailed checks and pledges are not eligible for a match.
To help as many students as we can, each teacher/school is limited to one $50 match per individual donor. If you make multiple donations to one teacher/school, they will receive only one $50 match from you. However, for example if you donate to five different teachers/schools, all five will be eligible for the $50 match if funds remain. If multiple different donors contribute to the same teacher/school, that teacher/school will be eligible for multiple $50 matches. Teachers/school administrators cannot donate to their own classrooms/schools and qualify for a match. Teachers/schools will receive the matching donation within a week in their AdoptAClassroom.org account.
**In case of monthly donations, AdoptAClassroom.org will match the first donation on 8/20/2019 with $50, but not the following monthly gifts.
To help as many students as possible:
- Unique donations will be matched up to a maximum of $50
- If an individual makes 1+ donation(s) to different teachers/schools, all donations will be matched
- If an individual makes 1+ donation(s) to the same teacher/school, only one donation will be matched
- If a teacher/school receives 1+ donation(s) from different donors, all donations will be matched
- If a teacher/school donates to their own page, the donation is not eligible for a match