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I've wanted to participate in OfficeMax's A Day Made Better program ever since I heard about it, 3 years ago. Surprising a deserving teacher with $1000 in school supplies so she focuses less on equipping her classroom and more on teaching her kids -- who wouldn't want to be a part of that? With more and more funding being cut from classrooms, with teachers actually having to spend their own money to purchase supplies for their kids (an average of $1000 annually!), A Day Made Better is really making a difference.
Today was OfficeMax's fifth annual A Day Made Better, and they surprised 1,000 teachers across the nation with $1000 in school supplies. This year I had the pleasure of joining a team of OfficeMax associates at a local school, where we awarded Liz, a third-grade teacher, with $1000 in school supplies.
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Teacher Liz had no idea we would be coming, so she was delighted to receive a huge orange OfficeMax box filled with goodies like a printer, camera and label maker, as well as basic supplies like pens, markers, tape, sticky notes, folders, tissue, hand sanitizer, and other classroom essentials.
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Seeing Teacher Liz and her students so happy really made my day. Thank you so much to Dr. Judy and OfficeMax for letting me tag along to witness such a wonderful event!
How You Can Help
* Organize your own Day Made Better surprise for your favorite teacher: Gather together a box of new school supplies, or purchase a discounted box of school supplies through Adopt-A-Classroom and A Day Made Better.
* Donate directly to your favorite teacher's classroom through Adopt-A-Classroom
* Spread the word about A Day Made Better via Facebook, Twitter, email or your blog.
* Join my Day Made Better giveaway on Bonggamom Finds for the chance to win a $50 OfficeMax gift card to buy supplies for your own favorite teacher. You can increase your chances of winning by leaving a comment on this post!
Disclaimer: I received no compensation for this post or my participation in this program. I actually pestered OfficeMax until they relented and let me tag along to today's A Day Made Better event!
1 comment:
That's do great bonggamom!
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