An editorial in today's Seattle Times encourages people to visit one of the county's 318 Starbucks stores. Why? Not necessarily for their caffeine fix, though I'm sure that Starbucks would appreciate it. They are asking readers to visit DonorsChoose.com, an online charity for classrooms. Through support of the Gates Foundation, $10 vouchers are available at Starbucks stores to be used to support teacher requests. It is a national organization doing good work so that teachers do not have to use their own money for classroom projects.
About 1,000 teachers in King County have posted project wish lists on the website. Founded in 2000, the nonprofit website connects public-school teachers in need of resources with donors. Around 118,000 public-school teachers have received funding for $46 million worth of books, art supplies, technology and other resources to help learning.
Interested donors purchase the vouchers, go to the website and then choose the teacher request that they want to support. In these difficult economic times with budget cuts we need to find additional ways to support teachers and this is one of those opportunities. Thanks to the Times for sharing this resource and for encouraging us to support our teachers through this action.
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