Educational Philanthropy: Making A Difference One-To-One

there are not many ways for individuals to make a tangible difference within the public school classroom, unless you're a teacher. Not everyone was invited to teach, but for some people who come to the teachers in a way that can make a real difference is a difficult task. So far, it is. Please read on to find out more about such an organization affects the American classroom that brings teachers and individual donors together through the Internet.

DonorsChoose [www.donorschoose.com] is an online organization responsible for bringing the public needs for the general public. In many districts, teachers must pay out of pocket in order to provide some "extras" for their students. These accessories usually include paper, pens, books, clipboards, teaching materials and the like. All the things that most well-funded fourth to take for granted, but that poor districts are able to provide. Indeed, many teachers are spending a few hundred dollars a year on their students, and add ons and can be difficult to secure the $ 33,000 salary.

DonorsChoose page allows teachers to register, submit project proposals for materials or experiences their students need to learn, and allow "citizen philanthropists" the opportunity to help direct funding of schools specific projects.

So far, more than four million dollars worth of projects have been donated by Americans in all fifty states schools affecting more than 200,000 students in New York, North and South Carolina, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Projects completed by the donor are:

$ 396 donated by individuals to the fifth grade classroom in Brooklyn, NY. Teacher seeks funding to purchase four sets of Scholastic's 100-volume library set.

$ 254 Chicago kindergarten teacher seeks to purchase crab kit and related educational materials for teaching children about caring for animals [many children are completely familiar with the pets].

$ 217 San Francisco seeks kindergarten / first grade teacher pay tickets for eighteen students and eight adults in the San Francisco Zoo to see the zoo's penguin exhibit.

$ 604 donated by individuals for the new Canon Copier to supplement a copier using 300 teachers and paraprofessionals on a daily basis in the crowded South Bronx 1600 student school.

projects are posted regularly registered members and interested parties met through the site, which is a not-for-profit corporation started in 2000 Bronx public high school teacher, Charles Best, who was looking for a way that individuals can meet the needs of its under funded school. The idea of DonorsChoose was soon prepared and quickly spread to schools around New York before going to the national 2004th

You May not have the money available to fund the entire project, but you can specify the monetary donations that can be used to fund DonorChoose , or surgery to open the project.