Step 1. Earn
a $25 "Giving Card" from DonorsChoose.org, when you post a video thanking your favorite teacher on MyTeacherMyHero.com during November 2009.
Step 2. Visit
DonorsChoose.org, which lists requests by schools
and individual classrooms across the country for funding special
projects and supplies.
Step 3.
Donate your Giving Card to the project, school, or teacher you want to
help!
Tip: If you band together with friends, colleagues, and neighbors, just 18 uploaded videos will fully fund the average project budget of $450.
Just Tweet It!
Keep your eyes on your Twitter, because DonorsChoose.org, and MyTeacherMyHero.com are also kicking off a contest on Twitter to raise additional funds for schools in need.
To participate, tweet about your favorite teacher using the following information; #MyTeacherMyHero Teacher Name, Subject, School, City, State
The teacher as well as the school that tallies the most mentions on #MyTeacherMyHero will each be awarded a special donation of $1,000 toward the supplies or project of their choice.
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More About DonorsChoose.org,
DonorsChoose.org, is an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. Public school teachers from across America post classroom project requests, from pencils for a poetry writing class to violins for a school recital.
Then, you can search requests and give any amount to the project that speaks to you. Once a project reaches its funding goal, we deliver the materials to the school. Whether it's books or beakers, for second graders or sophomores, in Honolulu or Hartford there are thousands of classroom needs represented. Donors receive classroom feedback including photographs, student and teacher thank-you notes and an expenditure report showing that their gift was spent as directed.
Since launching in 2000, DonorsChoose.org, has empowered more than 200,000
teachers and citizen philanthropists to become change makers and
channeled over $40 million to 2.6 million students in classrooms across
the country. For more detail, view our real time impact-to-date report.
About My
Teacher, My Hero
A social video-driven website, MyTeacherMyHero.com
was created to recognize and thank teachers for their important role in
our society, with the ultimate goal of inspiring more talented,
intelligent people to join the teaching profession. Anyone from
anywhere in the country can share their personal story of a teacher who
has influenced his or her life by simply uploading a video, or filming
right from their webcam to the site. Through education-based sponsors
and partners, MyTeacherMyHero.com
also allows visitors to instantly support teachers across the U.S. -
and to find out more about becoming teachers themselves.
My Teacher, My Hero is sponsored in part by the MAT@USC, a Master of Arts in
Teaching program delivered online from the University of Southern
California's Rossier School of Education. The MAT@USC combines online learning
with carefully selected field-based experiences and provides ongoing
support for new teachers, including job placement assistance and
partial tuition reimbursement opportunities. For additional information
on requirements and admissions, please visit http://mat.usc.edu or call (888)
628-1872.
