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Join SONIC in Their Limeades for Learning Program thru DonorsChoose and Giveaway

March 4, 2018 by Maria @ Close to Home 34 Comments

Disclosure of Material Connection: I have partnered with SONIC to share their Limeades for Learning Program thru DonorsChoose and provide you all with this awesome giveaway. 

It’s no secret that every year public school teachers are spending hundreds of their own dollars to buy supplies they need for their classrooms. Did you know that the average school teachers spend at least $500 out of their own pocket for supplies?  SONIC saw this need and created Limeades for Learning as a way to help offset some of the teachers costs by providing funding for the supplies they need. The program is successful with the help of DonorsChoose.org, an organization dedicated to making it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. To date, SONIC has donated more than $7.5 million to public school teachers, funding more than 14,000 classroom projects and supporting more than 419,370 students.   Be sure to enter the giveaway for a $50 Sonic Gift Card and $200 Donorschoose Gift Card to help your local schools. 

 

Limeades for Learning 2017 #ThanksTeach Campaign (Photo: Business Wire)

How Sonic and DonorsChoose are improving public classrooms with Limeades for Learning

Recognizing public school teachers needed more support, SONIC Drive-In partnered with DonorsChoose.org ten years ago to come up with a solution. In 2009 SONIC launched Limeades for Learning.
Limeades for Learning® is a national award-winning initiative to support U.S. public school teachers in local communities.

There are now three periods in which SONIC makes $1 million donations to public schools:

  1. During the Fall Voting Campaign, which typically runs from late September through October
  2. Throughout the months of January through April during a series of surprise funding events in cities across the country – as an example, today SONIC funded 75 teacher projects from across the country in honor of National Handwriting Day
  3. Throughout the month of May during #ThanksTeach, a social media campaign encouraging consumers to thank their favorite teachers during Teacher Appreciation Month
    With the help and support of our fans, by 2021 SONIC’s total contribution to local public school classrooms will exceed $20 million.

ARE YOU A TEACHER INTERESTED IN SUBMITTING YOUR OWN DONORSCHOOSE PROJECT? 

Think up a project for your classroom, submit your project and your classroom will be eligible to receive SONIC funding!

Thanks to SONIC we were given a $200 gift card for DonorsChoose.org to pick a classroom to help. We wanted to choose a need in our community close to home so we searched for classrooms in the Richmond, VA area.  While our neighborhood was not on here, we did find some within our county that were in need of help.  We decided on helping out Franklin Military Academy build their soccer program.  My kids all play soccer and have been on expensive travel programs.  To think these kids don’t have access to jerseys was disappointing.  From the teacher: “My students need soccer jerseys, more small goals for practice, and captain armbands so students are recognized for leadership.” We hope they get the extra $100 to complete this project. 

Join SONIC in Their Limeades for Learning Program thru DonorsChoose

 

Want to know where your money is going?  No worries they provided an itemized list of the expenses and all projects need to be approved thru DonorsChoose

Join SONIC in Their Limeades for Learning Program thru DonorsChoose

GIVEAWAY and GIVE Back to TEACHERS:

 

DonorsChooseClose to Home has teamed up with SONIC to offer one of my lucky readers a $50 SONIC gift card and $200 DonorsChoose gift card so you can donate to your favorite project(s).
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Comments

  1. Kim Henrichs says

    March 24, 2018 at 11:37 am

    Thank you so much!!! I am so excited to do my donation!!

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  2. Donna porter says

    March 18, 2018 at 11:51 pm

    I would donate to our local high school

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  3. Kayla Klontz says

    March 18, 2018 at 10:06 pm

    If I win I would let my son help me pick which cause to donate to. There are so many great ones on there!

    Reply
  4. Laura Bradley says

    March 18, 2018 at 8:02 pm

    I would help donate this project: https://www.donorschoose.org/project/wiggle-wobble-and-work/3095102/

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  5. Sarah Mayer says

    March 18, 2018 at 6:53 pm

    I would choose to donate to Susan G Komen Foundation.

    Reply
  6. Shakeia Rieux says

    March 17, 2018 at 5:20 pm

    Learning the ABC’s & 123’s While Role-Playing Community Helpers at Independence Elementary School

    Reply
  7. Bryan Vice says

    March 17, 2018 at 8:20 am

    I would donate to ” Creative Kids of Kentucky” It is very local to me and it would help to donate paints and other such supplies to an local Elementary school class

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  8. Shakeia Rieux says

    March 16, 2018 at 1:15 am

    I would donate to the Learning the ABC’s & 123’s While Role-Playing Community Helpers program at Independence Elementary School

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  9. Laurajj says

    March 16, 2018 at 1:12 am

    Oh I would love to donate to “Technology Support for Our Most Neediest of Learners!” from Mrs. Mathews class in Minnesota.

    Reply
  10. Melissa Storms says

    March 15, 2018 at 1:47 am

    I would choose Mrs Rosa’s Disney Science program in Oford Ny. All she states is true many students never leave our county for their whole lives .

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  11. Chrissy says

    March 13, 2018 at 8:41 pm

    I would donate to the Language Should Not Stop Science Education for Marley Middle School!

    Reply
  12. Tina W says

    March 13, 2018 at 3:07 am

    Two of my nieces are teachers and have done DonorsChoose campaigns. I’d love to be able to help them with a BIG donation!

    Reply
  13. Jennifer H says

    March 12, 2018 at 8:39 pm

    The donors choose link isn’t working in the rafflecopter 🙂 But I have many, many friends who are teachers, and I would like to donate to one of their projects.

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    • Maria @ Close to Home says

      March 13, 2018 at 1:45 pm

      Thanks Jennifer I fixed it now…

      Reply
  14. Maria Beas says

    March 12, 2018 at 4:20 pm

    Today’s tweet;
    https://twitter.com/haboorymadebera/status/973292064044650497

    Reply
  15. Edye says

    March 9, 2018 at 9:21 pm

    I’d help a teacher get supplies for her classroom!

    Reply
  16. HS says

    March 9, 2018 at 10:09 am

    I would donate to Mrs. Carman Grades PreK-2 .

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  17. mami2jcn says

    March 9, 2018 at 9:45 am

    The sister-in-law of a friend of mine has a classroom project in Charlotte, NC that I would contribute to.

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  18. heather says

    March 8, 2018 at 5:00 pm

    I messed up on the entry form my twitter name is @myway070.
    I would donate to this cause https://www.donorschoose.org/project/build-our-language-and-fine-motor-skills/3071820/.

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  19. Jeanna says

    March 8, 2018 at 2:54 pm

    I would donate to this: https://www.donorschoose.org/project/littlest-kinesthetic-tactile-learners/3078831/. I know a few teachers that teach there!

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  20. shelly peterson says

    March 7, 2018 at 9:08 pm

    I would donate to the Those Who Read Together Learn Together! project.

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  21. Tabathia B says

    March 7, 2018 at 7:48 pm

    I would choose Books are the Building Blocks of Character Education

    https://www.donorschoose.org/project/books-are-the-building-blocks-of-charact/2923641/

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  22. Lisa Bourlier says

    March 7, 2018 at 12:27 pm

    I would donate to https://www.donorschoose.org/project/its-all-about-the-money/3022386/ which happens to be my former Elementary School!

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  23. elizabeth miller says

    March 7, 2018 at 8:33 am

    I would donate to this cause https://www.donorschoose.org/project/build-our-language-and-fine-motor-skills/3071820/. I think preschool needs all they can get as they are a basic fundamental to start off learning.

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  24. Tim says

    March 6, 2018 at 12:54 pm

    There are half a dozen teachers seeking funding in my town, so I would probably distribute it equally among them.

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  25. Carly S says

    March 5, 2018 at 4:52 pm

    I would donate to the “Pick Me Up Bags” project at Fairview Junior High School

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  26. Gabrielle Forrest says

    March 5, 2018 at 3:20 pm

    Help Put the FUN in Functional! Mrs. Z at Sharpsburg Primary School.

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  27. Alexandra Y says

    March 5, 2018 at 2:04 pm

    I would donate to my sons school.

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  28. Dana Rodriguez says

    March 5, 2018 at 11:57 am

    I would donate to a school that is a couple of miles from us. They are in need of furniture and supplies.

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  29. Kelly D says

    March 5, 2018 at 11:05 am

    I would donate to the Visualize Students Engaged in Reading! program near me.

    Reply
  30. Kayley says

    March 5, 2018 at 10:58 am

    I would donate to First Grade Engineers in LA because the $200 would help them meet their goal (and I’d chip in the extra $11).

    Reply
  31. Jessica Lusano says

    March 4, 2018 at 9:11 pm

    This teacher would love to win!

    Reply
  32. Natalie says

    March 4, 2018 at 4:14 pm

    I would donate to Wrenshall school in MN to buy canvases for kids to draw and paint on.

    Reply
  33. Cheryl says

    March 4, 2018 at 9:50 am

    I’ll donate to Bringing Coding To Life!

    Reply

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