Girls For A Change Team #41, at Burlingame High School, has decided to get involved with an organization called DonorsChoose. DonorsChoose helps regular individuals fund projects for students in our public schools.
Grants are submitted by teachers who are requesting materials or experiences to help their students learn. The teachers can’t afford to pay for these materials themselves, as they often have to do in public schools. People are able to browse the DonorsChoose website, search by using different criteria like income of the majority of students, region, sort of project and other variables. Then, people can choose to fund all or part of a project and get feedback from how the project went!
All the girls in our team found this organization inspiring because we can make a significant difference for young students in our area by choosing projects to support. We met once to discuss criteria for projects, and then met again to fund projects throughout the Bay Area ranging from play ground equipment to theater class field trips to plays. We were able to fund these projects due to an anonymous donor to Donors Choose. DonorsChoose is an effective way for teachers to get support from the community, people like you and me, so that education will be more enriching, fun, and memorable. - GFC Team 41
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