WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Google announced they are fully funding the classroom requests of every Greater Washington, D.C. area teacher on the education crowdfunding site DonorsChoose.org. As a result of Google's $232,009 donation, 276 D.C. area teachers will receive materials for their 31,362 students -- ranging from paper, pencils and books to laptops, musical instruments and microscopes.
"We are thrilled to partner with DonorsChoose.org to support all of the classroom projects of teachers here in the Washington, D.C. area. We owe a lot to our teachers and want to thank them for being a constant source of inspiration," said Jenny Backus, Head of Policy and Community Partnerships at Google.
On DonorsChoose.org, teachers post projects requesting materials they need for their classrooms, and donors support the projects that inspire them. Among the projects funded this morning were Mr. Rountree's request for pedometers to get his students moving and Ms. Schorn's project for supplies to make 3-D paintings.
"We are so humbled and grateful to Google for their devotion to our teachers and students," said Charles Best, founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org. "This is a great day for DonorsChoose.org classrooms."
On Thursday morning, 311 projects were funded in D.C., Alexandria, Arlington County, Calvert County, Charles County, Frederick County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Culpeper County, Fairfax County, Fauquier County, Loudoun County, Prince William County, Spotslyvania County, Stafford County, Warren County and Jefferson County. Google posted a message on every funded project, letting teachers know they were part of the surprise.
In the past few months, Google has announced similar "flash funding" campaigns in the San Francisco Bay area, Atlanta and Chicago.
In addition to their project funding initiatives, Google has also supported several DonorsChoose.org programs over the years, including the AP STEM Access program, which launched over 500 new AP STEM courses at high poverty schools nationwide.
About DonorsChoose.org
Founded in 2000, DonorsChoose.org makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. At this nonprofit website, teachers at half of all the public schools in America have created project requests, and more than a million people have donated $260 million to projects that inspire them. All told, 11 million students—most from low-income communities, and many in disaster-stricken areas—have received books, art supplies, field trips, technology, and other resources that they need to learn.
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