Have you used Donors Choose?

I want to take a moment to sing the praises of the website Donors Choose! I'm sure most of you are familiar with this amazing website, but if not then you definitely need to check it out. I have had SEVEN projects funded on this site!

I have received an LCD projector, a Lakeshore classroom carpet, a leveled library from Lakeshore, toys and fine motor activities from Lakeshore, an iPod listening center docking station and headphones, an amazing easel, and chair pockets!

Lakeshore rug & Easel
(beginning of the year
before room was set up!)

Leveled Library in Blue Containers on Counter

My latest project was the chair pockets, which just arrived on Monday. 

All you have to do once your project has been funded is write a short thank you letter (which gets posted to the Donors Choose website), post 6 pictures of students using the new materials (you need to get written permission from parents for students to be in the pictures- the permission slip is provided on the website), and in most cases, send student made thank you cards to the donors (the kids love making these).

Donors Choose often has promotions going on in which an organization will match donations if you use a code, so make sure to watch out for these. The projects that have been funded the most quickly for me have been the ones in which donations were matched. I once had a project funded within the week. The chair pockets were funded through a $25 Donors Choose gift card and from a random donor who donated over $300!

So what have you been hankering to get for your classroom? Get out there and write a project request and maybe someone will donate it to your classroom!