Over the past year, I have been experimenting with the web site www.donorschoose.org. I have had about a 50% success rate with my "grants". I am so excited to say that my most recent project entitled "Lunchtime Learning" was just funded. I have found that by sending e-mails to parents and colleagues as well as posting the status on Facebook, I would get more sponsors for my projects. I was so excited to only need $66 to complete my latest project yesterday. When I posted this to Facebook, I included the question "any takers?". Within a matter of minutes, one of my friends fully funded the project! How exciting!
This day and age, parents want to help out in their child's education. If you tell parents that they can help by donating $5 to your classroom, they are more than happy to help. That is the price of one cup of coffee from the local coffee house! Who wouldn't give their coffee to help out their child?!
Anyway, check out the site www.donorschoose.org and get projecting! Who knows, maybe someone may want to help you and your classroom!
