Since opening in 2009, Crayons to Classrooms has distributed over $39.5 million school supplies to teachers of students in need.
On GivingTuesday, Crayons to Classrooms welcomed 167 teachers to its annual Book Give Back event. Miami Valley teachers received 11,011 books to stock their classroom libraries and give to students in need. Each teacher left with a bag overflowing with books, and the event distributed over $44,000 worth of books.
“It was amazing seeing so many teachers filling up bags of free books to stock their classroom libraries,” said high school English teacher Emily Sumner at the David H. Ponitz Career Technology Center. “I will forever be grateful for the opportunity to bring literacy into my classroom without breaking the bank!”
According to local teachers, 70 percent of local students lack the supplies they need to make it through the school year. To bridge the gap, teachers often spend their own money to support their students.
By supporting C2C, you can help remove the financial burden teachers feel and provide vital supplies and educational materials to equip their classrooms. Crayons to Classrooms is asking for the community’s help in stocking shelves for the second half of the school year.
The organization’s Teacher Resource Center provides essential supplies to over 2,200 teachers and 50,000 students from the 130 schools and 13 childcare centers on their eligible schools list.
Since opening in 2009, Crayons to Classrooms has distributed over $39.5 million school supplies to teachers of students in need.
On GivingTuesday, Crayons to Classrooms welcomed 167 teachers to its annual Book Give Back event. Miami Valley teachers received 11,011 books to stock their classroom libraries and give to students in need. Each teacher left with a bag overflowing with books, and the event distributed over $44,000 worth of books.
“It was amazing seeing so many teachers filling up bags of free books to stock their classroom libraries,” said high school English teacher Emily Sumner at the David H. Ponitz Career Technology Center. “I will forever be grateful for the opportunity to bring literacy into my classroom without breaking the bank!”
According to local teachers, 70 percent of local students lack the supplies they need to make it through the school year. To bridge the gap, teachers often spend their own money to support their students. By supporting C2C, you can help remove the financial burden teachers feel and provide vital supplies and educational materials to equip their classrooms.Crayons to Classrooms (C2C) is asking for the community’s help in stocking shelves for the second half of the school year.
Here’s what they need:
- Backpacks
- Colored pencils
- Crayons Here’s what they need:
- Backpacks
- Colored pencils
- Crayons
- Facial tissue
- Folders
- Glue/glue sticks
- Markers
- 70 count spiral notebooks
- Index cards
- Filler paper
- Pencils
- Children’s scissors
- Construction paper
- Office items
- New and gently used books. Board books, early readers, and nonfiction books are popular.
Your donations can be dropped off from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday at the Teacher Resource Center located on 1750 Woodman Drive.
According to the organization, every $1 donated to Crayons to Classrooms is transformed into $5 worth of school supplies for students in need at under-resourced schools. You can make a donation at crayonstoclassrooms.org/donate/
Other ways to help
- The organization has both remote and in-person volunteer opportunities. In the store, you could work as a shopping assistant, data entry volunteer, or create Classroom Solutions products such as die cut shapes or sentence strips. Volunteer projects that can be done from your home or office include assembling journals for students and sewing pocket hugs. For more information about Crayons to Classrooms’ volunteer opportunities, visit crayonstoclassrooms.org/volunteers/.
- Consider hosting a supply drive in your neighborhood, your business, your organization.
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Meredith Moss writes about Dayton-area nonprofit organizations and their specific needs. If your group has a wish list it would like to share with our readers, contact Meredith: meredith.moss@coxinc.com.
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