Feb 012012
Donors Choose is a project to help teachers get funding for projects for their students to help their classrooms directly. The Wasserman Foundation provided generous donations to LAUSD schools by offering gift cards to all LAUSD students which could be redeemed towards projects their parents choose.
Unfortunately, funding from the Wasserman Foundation has run out sooner than expected and remaining gift cards are no longer redeemable (learn more). This also includes those cards obtained at Starbucks.
However, at Castlebay, 39 teacher projects totaling over $20,000 was funded!! The Wasserman Foundation provided about $9,900 in partner funding with donors giving $10,000 (mostly in gift cards, again from the Wasserman Foundation). It’s estimated we redeemed about 674 of the $15 gift cards which is an incredible 83% redemption (the school was given 810 gift cards).
Thanks to immediate mobilizing, tactical planning, and implementation between teachers and our team of parent volunteers, we were able to help 90% of the teachers and resource staff at Castlebay upload, submit, and eventually fund their projects. Of course, we owe our amazing parents a huge debt of gratitude for trusting the team with your emails and granting us permission to submit them on your behalf. As always, our parents, teachers, and staff worked together to attain the best results given the small window of time to post and fund these projects.
View our results on our Castlebay Donors Choose page.
