1/ Reviving a Before Times Thanksgiving tradition of helping fund schools serving low-income students via @DonorsChoose. Stop panicking about Nu and buying stuff you don't need. Let's help some kids!
2/ This elementary school teacher in Oklahoma is trying to buy coats for her mostly Native American kids: Needs about $400 more to get the job done. Every little bit helps. donorschoose.org/project/keep-u…
3/ All the schools I will be focusing on in what historically has been a very long, multi-day thread will fit this criteria: Learn more at @DonorsChoose 
5/ Ok, over to Washington, where a school health aide is trying to get clothes for their kids, for both warmth and (little kid) "accidents". She needs about $600 donorschoose.org/project/extra-…
6/ Ok, I think we only need about $400 more to go. This educator is just trying to get things like clothes and band-aids.
BAND-AIDS. donorschoose.org/project/extra-…
BAND-AIDS. donorschoose.org/project/extra-…
7/ Just $272 left to go....
8/ It's appalling that teachers and school nurses have to beg for basic supplies. Fight for more systemic change. But also/meanwhile we can just get these kids clean underwear. $247 left to go.
9/ Nice job folks!
10/ This teacher is trying to get some Native-themed sci-fi books to reignite her kids love of reading after a harrowing year. Now I want to read the Marrow Thieves too! Let's get this done! @dcbyoungreaders @io9 #llp @levarburton donorschoose.org/project/native…
11/ I know the #scifi and #ComicCon2021 community can ensure that these Native kids can get some good books that represent them. (Signal boost @GreatDismal?) donorschoose.org/project/native…
12/ Just $182 to go...
13/ $87 to go...
14/ Fully funded! Thanks everybody!
15/ This teacher works at a reservation school in Montana. Sounds like he's been instrumental (sorry, not sorry) in helping a kid-led program flourish despite a lot of barriers. They need a violin. It'll help decades of kids learn music: donorschoose.org/project/string…
16/ In a school where 100% of the kids are on free/reduced lunch, it's going to be extremely hard to raise the money themselves. But all kids deserve access to great music programs. Need about $600 more, every little bit helps... donorschoose.org/project/string…
17/ Halfway there. Only $331 left to go. And yes, I give to all of these too. donorschoose.org/project/string…
18/ And just like that, you guys bought some Native kids a violin for their music program.
19/ Here's a Minneapolis school serving a variety of low-income kids. Teacher is trying to get Native-themed books, not from Amazon but from Birchbark Books, which was founded by Louise Erdrich (btw, The Night Watchman is fantastic) donorschoose.org/project/birchb…
20/ Some of her kids are Native, almost all of them are POC and on reduced lunch.
donorschoose.org/project/birchb…
donorschoose.org/project/birchb…
21/ BOOM! Fully funded.
22/ Here's another reservation school, where a teacher wants a variety of materials to help with STEM projects. And there's a 2x match from a foundation. Need about $500 to fully fund. donorschoose.org/project/practi…
Ok, we only need $146 more...every bit counts. donorschoose.org/project/practi…
Just $46 more...
YES! Fully funded.
26/ There are so many requests for just food. Food so that kids can pay attention to their learning and not growling tummies. Here's one from a elementary school teacher at a Native reservation school in MT. donorschoose.org/project/brain-…
27/ We can help 60 little kids. We need just over $1,000. Every bit helps.
28/ About $800 to go. I'm going for a walk and hope that this is fully funded by the time I get back. donorschoose.org/project/brain-…
29/ still walking but only $264 to go…
30/ I'm back and it is FULLY FUNDED!
31/ Alright. This middle school librarian is trying to get books that reflect her mostly POC students back at them, and teach them about others. Need bout $1300 to fill some shelves: donorschoose.org/project/the-po…
32/ btw, all your donations to teachers and kids are tax deductible. Some of you did well this year. Please help give to those who are less fortunate.
33/ Here's the kids that this librarian is trying to get books for... donorschoose.org/classroom/mrs-…
34/ And here are some of the books she's trying to get in her library: donorschoose.org/project/the-po…
35/ We've raised about $400, another $900 to go...
36/ had to step away for a bit, down to ~$400 to find this library project…donorschoose.org/project/the-po…
37/ Just about $300 left to go to fund this Tacoma WA school library initiative to give POC kids books that reflect their communities. Would love to wake up and find this fully funded: donorschoose.org/project/the-po…
38/ Fully funded!
39/ here’s a teacher in Mississippi who’s trying to get her kids basic toiletries and emergency clothes. Needs about $380 donorschoose.org/project/comfor…
40/ Taking off ✈️ hope this is fully funded by the time I land.
41/ Touching down to find…fully funded! Nice job folks.
42/ Here’s a high school of ESL learners in the Bronx. Teacher need basic lab materials. About $500. @ConEdison is matching donations donorschoose.org/project/mandat…
44/ With @ConEdison's match we only need another $111. Also...you get to spend Con Ed's money. So. donorschoose.org/project/mandat…
45/ Fully funded!
Ok, here's a school band in Brownsville, TX that needs boomwhackers so that all the kids get a chance to participate. Just $172! donorschoose.org/project/boomwh…
Ok, here's a school band in Brownsville, TX that needs boomwhackers so that all the kids get a chance to participate. Just $172! donorschoose.org/project/boomwh…
46/ What are boomwhackers? donorschoose.org/project/boomwh…
I confess I did not know. Here's a group playing Old Town Road with them. Pretty cool! Learn percussion and tonality. (that may not be a real term)
I confess I did not know. Here's a group playing Old Town Road with them. Pretty cool! Learn percussion and tonality. (that may not be a real term)
47/ We can help 200 kids in Brownsville TX learn about music and get the chance to perform with their friends.
Almost every kid is Latino and eligible for free/reduced lunch. And every little bit helps: donorschoose.org/project/boomwh…
Almost every kid is Latino and eligible for free/reduced lunch. And every little bit helps: donorschoose.org/project/boomwh…
48/ So many teachers buy supplies out of their own pockets. But teachers serving kids of color at way higher rates/amounts: donorschoose.org/project/boomwh…
49/ Brownsville is the poorest city in America. We can help these kids have a real band program. Every $5 or $10 helps. donorschoose.org/classroom/rica…
50/ Just need $32 more...
51/ Fully funded! Good job folks!
52/ If you go to @DonorsChoose and search "coats" or "boots" or "gloves"...so many kids just need some warm clothes and their teachers are hustling to find them some. Here's a Philly teacher whose middle schoolers need coats. ~$600 donorschoose.org/project/help-k…
53/ "teachers purchase these items to give to students but we are not able to financially keep up with the needs of our students. Any help we can get would help."
donorschoose.org/project/help-k…
donorschoose.org/project/help-k…
53/ I was the first donor to pitch in to get coats and socks for these Philly kids, but I know I won't be the last. #FlyEaglesFly #Philly @GrittyNHL @jaketapper donorschoose.org/project/help-k…
54/ Nice! Fully funded, with a big assist from @jaketapper. Ok, off to find another one.
55/ Here's a Chicago teacher who needs gloves and hats for her largely ESL classroom of middle schoolers. ~$200: donorschoose.org/project/keep-u…
56/ Fully funded! Let's keep it up. Here's a Milwaukee teacher with a class of incredibly diverse kids who need boots and socks. ~$250 donorschoose.org/project/toasty…
57/ Fully funded!
So...I guess some Michigan fans are feeling pretty good? Let's help this Detroit special-ed teacher get the incentives her students have requested. (A DOE program that helps kids with special needs.) #goblue
So...I guess some Michigan fans are feeling pretty good? Let's help this Detroit special-ed teacher get the incentives her students have requested. (A DOE program that helps kids with special needs.) #goblue
https://twitter.com/Roseepaterson/status/1464709508207419394
58/Sorry, should have pasted the direct link.
Also, pedagogical terms can be confusing to non-teachers. I'm no expert, but behavioral incentives and reinforcements are not just for special ed kids. See also CBT, Noom, Cutback Coach, fitness trackers donorschoose.org/project/taco-b…
Also, pedagogical terms can be confusing to non-teachers. I'm no expert, but behavioral incentives and reinforcements are not just for special ed kids. See also CBT, Noom, Cutback Coach, fitness trackers donorschoose.org/project/taco-b…
60/ still have $220 to go for these special Ed Detroit kids donorschoose.org/project/taco-b…
61/ Inching forward on this one. $190 to go...
Doing a lot of these over the years I've found that projects for special ed kids either get fully funded instantly or they take awhile. Perhaps because the nature of some asks are less familiar? donorschoose.org/project/taco-b…
Doing a lot of these over the years I've found that projects for special ed kids either get fully funded instantly or they take awhile. Perhaps because the nature of some asks are less familiar? donorschoose.org/project/taco-b…
62/ Meantime, here are some notes from teachers whose projects you all helped fund. (And wait until you get the letters from the kids 😭😭)
63/ And the Detroit special ed project is fully funded! Thanks to @robinswriting and everybody else who gave
https://twitter.com/RobbinsWriting/status/1464788355036581888
64/ Here is one close to home. Low-income kids in a Tenderloin elementary school need a color printer. Thanks to a match, we can close this out for $70. donorschoose.org/project/learni…
65/ Fully funded! Thanks @lmc et al. Now, here's an AP teacher at a Title 1 (ie poor) school in FL. She needs a bunch of copies of A Doll's House and Fences so her kids can ace the test. Classic plays! ~$1,000, every bit helps: donorschoose.org/project/to-pla…
67/ Just $850 left to go donorschoose.org/project/to-pla…
68/ $727 left to go...donorschoose.org/project/to-pla…
69/ $702...
Meanwhile: Teachers are sharing other great projects in these threads. I won't highlight them all, b/c i have my own criteria/scatter pattern. But take a look. And @DonorsChoose it easy to find a worthy project that speaks exactly to your own interests/town.
Meanwhile: Teachers are sharing other great projects in these threads. I won't highlight them all, b/c i have my own criteria/scatter pattern. But take a look. And @DonorsChoose it easy to find a worthy project that speaks exactly to your own interests/town.
70/ Here's the school makeup of the kids we're trying to buy plays for: donorschoose.org/project/to-pla…
71/ And now I need to rectify the oversight of not seeing Denzel and Viola's version of Fences
72/ $585... donorschoose.org/project/to-pla…
73/ Fully funded! Thanks to @eharris and all the other donors.
Now, here's a CA teacher who wants to get her mostly Latino kids access to a *current affairs magazine*. No, not mine. One @Scholastic pubs. FANTASTIC! ~$350 donorschoose.org/project/open-s…
Now, here's a CA teacher who wants to get her mostly Latino kids access to a *current affairs magazine*. No, not mine. One @Scholastic pubs. FANTASTIC! ~$350 donorschoose.org/project/open-s…
$241 left to go…
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