Hey gang! Need some hlep fromt eh funding directors at KaBoom to see if this can become a reality. I have been working with www.adoptaclassroom.org for a while now. Essentially, teachers (at no cost) set up an account for their classroom. They then use this site to email the parents asking them for funding assistance for money directly for their child's class. The Adopt-a-Class is a "bank" for the donated money - no money is ever sent to the teachers rather they have a credit in teh Adopt-a-Classroom account. The teachers then can "shop" with the vendors Adopt-a-Classroom partners with for the materials.
If we can get in touch with Play World or Game Time or Burke as preferred vendors THEN teachers could list their playground (outdoor classroom) as an Adopt-a-Classroom playspace for parents and the community to adopt and make contributions toward to raise the money.
Deborah Raley ~Texas (draley)
I love the adopt a classroom idea. Can you give me a little more information. We might need to revise it somehow but I can see it working for us. My email address is kthoele@sbcglobal.net.
Thanks for all the help,
Karen
This sounds really great. Has anyone tried this in a rural community? The majority of our parents do not have internet access in their homes. But, I wonder if there are others in this boat and how it worked for them.
Thanks.
The idea could be adjusted to allow for "real world" implementation instead of online. What if a local business - a bank perhaps - sponsored this? They wouldn't have to do much other than collect money for your classroom/playspace build. What's unique about Adopt-A-Classroom is two-fold:
Those are the things you'd have to replicate in a "real world" version of this.
Has anyone ever seen a silly Steve Martin movie called My Blue Heaven? I just keep picturing all of those bottles of pennies that, by the end of the movie, bought a Little League ball field. Is that so different? The convenience factor of a bottle at cash registers around town and individuals donating the money directly to the ball field effort.
Am I oversimplifying the reality of the situation?
Hello from Eastern PA...
I love the idea too. Let me know how I can help or how I can sign my school up for this!!!
Sally
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