I had the opportunity last week to unofficially adopt a grant from a teacher I know very well to provide headphones for her classes. Of course, being extra like I am, the headphones came in four colors and glowed in the dark. I delivered them to her on Wednesday, and they opened them on Thursday and tagged them and flattened the boxes for the recycle bin. She said, first off, they were so excited to receive them, and then by having them open and tag them, they became invested in the ownership of these headphones. What an authentic way to capture these students’ hearts!
Then the good feelings kept up for me because I received 38 thank you notes from her two classes. I am not going to lie to you, I read every one of them and loved ALL of them, even the ones written in Spanish because while I am not fluent in voicing Spanish, I can read it and comprehend it. These notes were awesome and made me realize how something so small on my side was huge for them. So, thank you for the opportunity to give back.
And here is where you can receive the same blessing that I did! Adopt a grant from Forney Education Foundation or just give any amount you can – seriously no amount is too small!! The Foundation is very good at making sure that all of the donations we receive are given to those who deserve it.
While the grant application is now closed, the Adopt-A-Grant window is still open! Please go read these grants and, even if you can’t fully fund a grant, you can certainly give funds to a teacher-requested grant! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to truly touch children’s lives!! Please go to www.forneyisdfoundation. org and make a difference!
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