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Past projects 8

• Full Bellies and Caring!

  Funded Jan 24, 2025

  Thank you for your generosity and help with this project!! Our students will not have a plethora of snacks and ways to transport hygiene products from classroom to classroom. You make a difference in every single project you decide to donate to or help out. We thank you and hope you support future projects like this one.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Benitez

  This classroom project was brought to life by A New York City Parent and 2 other donors.

• Community Service With Wellness

  Funded Nov 22, 2024

  Thank you very much for your donations! We appreciate your time and effort and we can’t wait to see this project come to life and help our community. Our students are looking forward to giving out these supplies to our community members who need it the most to take care of themselves!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Benitez

  This classroom project was brought to life by The Allstate Foundation.

• Let's Get Cooking!

  Funded Jul 10, 2024

  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making this project possible!! Our students are LOVING the materials purchased to learn all about kitchen safety, cooking basics, and baking basics!! They look forward to creating many more recipes and getting the chance to showcase all that they've learned so far. Some of our students had never used a measuring cup, baking sheet, or a conventional oven!! YOU made this happen and we are so thankful to have supporters like you all. We are on the path to making our students more successful and independent adults in the future.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Benitez

  This classroom project was brought to life by Newman's Own Foundation and 4 other donors.

• Giving Back to Our Community for Mother's Day!

  Funded Mar 29, 2024

  Our students were THRILLED to have this project funded!! They really enjoyed using the cricut supplies to make the cups in the various designs they chose. Not only did they get to spark their creativity by making the cups, but they also packaged them up and made sure that each one was perfect for gifting.

  We went to our local library and set up a table where students got to give these out to mothers that passed by within their local community. They made posters advertising them and it was great success!!!

  When donating to projects like this you are not only impacting our students, but also helping make lasting connections within the community. THANK YOU!!!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Benitez

  This classroom project was brought to life by The Allstate Foundation.

• Caring Cart II

  Funded Sep 22, 2023

  Our caring cart has been a HUGE success. Our students have gone through more than half of our supplies and are so grateful to have them available!! Many students have shared that they feel good coming to school and knowing that they have these basic necessities whenever they may need it. In the past we have only had a limited amount of kits available for our students, now we have more variety and choices for our students to choose from. The impact you made with your donation is priceless and we hope that you consider donating to another project in the future.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Benitez

  This classroom project was brought to life by The Allstate Foundation and 5 other donors.

• Caring Cart

  Funded Sep 11, 2023

  Our students are LOVING the access to hygiene products while in school! The accessibility that you helped us provide is truly one that we are thankful for. Students now know that they are able to come and ask for products, or just take them as they need without questions being asked. This gives our students a sense of independence and privacy to be able to take care of themselves without having to worry about paying for items. This is only the beginning of our caring cart journey and we hope that you will consider supporting us in the future with the expansion of this project.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Benitez

  This classroom project was brought to life by Dial® and 3 other donors.

• Sensory Corners!

  Funded Mar 27, 2023

  Last school year you helped us bring the resources and supplies together that were necessary to make our sensory corner project come to life!! We are so incredibly grateful for your generosity and support.

  The day we implemented these resources into our classrooms was truly a magical day for all of us. As we brought the sensory tiles, regulation fish tank, and all of the other wonderful supplies into the classrooms, our students' eyes lit up with excitement. They could not wait to dig into each item and learn how to use it. Myself and our occupational therapist provided explainations of how and when these sensory corners should be used. The idea was to slowly provide our students in smaller classrooms with higher needs, the opporunity to learn how to independently regulate themselves within their own classrooms. Typically, students who were having trouble regulating themselves would often ask to leave the classroom, therefore interrupting their learning and the class. They now have the tools within their classroom to help them do so independently.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Benitez

• Calming Corner Supplies

  Funded Mar 28, 2023

  All I can say is WOW.

  Not only funding one, but TWO sensory corner projects in one year is truly remarkable and that is because of all of you. Without your generosity this project would have come to life!! Once we received all of the supplies our team immediately started putting kits together for our self-contained classrooms. Each class received an equal amount of supplies and tools in order to fully stock their sensory corner. We even had the opportunity to have our life skills class make their OWN sensory tools with the items we were able to purchase. From that point on, we saw how much students benefited from having those tools at their disposition. Whether it was a sensory bottle, fish tank sensory tube, or floor sensory tiles, the students LOVED Every. Single.Thing.

  Giving our students the tools to self regulate and have a safe space within their classroom was all made possible with this project. Our students and staff are so thankful and we hope to be able to continue creating projects like this in the future.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Benitez