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A Year of Giving :: May – Child Abuse Prevention

A Year of Giving

If you’ve been following along, you might know that I’ve decided to donate a portion of the proceeds from my store to a different charity each month. My original goal is to do this for a year, but I hope to continue it even past that!!

This month I will be donating 10% of my store proceeds to a national organization working to support children and families at-risk of and who have experienced child abuse and neglect.

Every year more than 3.6 million referrals are made to child protection agenciesinvolving more than 6.6 million children (a referral can include multiple children). In 2014, state agencies found an estimated 702,000 victims of child maltreatment, which would fill 10 football stadiums.

If you’re in the financial position to help, I encourage you to do so, either through donating on your own to a charity of your choice or purchasing any item in my store. I’ll automatically donate 10% at the end of the month!

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Sale :: Teacher Appreciation Sale!

Teacher Appreciation Sale 2016

Well guys, we’re almost there! The days are getting longer, the weather’s getting warmer, and we (and our students) are getting itchy for summer.

It takes a really special person to be a teacher (or school counselor, school speech-language pathologist, school social worker, or other staff member). It means long days, longer nights, paperwork, meetings, exhaustion, tying wet shoelaces, smiling through stress. But really it means changing the lives of the children and shaping the future of our world every single day.

I’m always hard-pressed to find people who are more giving, compassionate, and selfless than my co-workers, which is why I absolutely LOVE Teacher Appreciation Week. Even if politicians and giant education companies don’t always show teachers the love, lots of students, administrators, parents, and other teachers do!

One way TeachersPayTeachers is showing teachers the love is by once again holding a Teacher Appreciation Sale! For today and tomorrow only, enter the code “CELEBRATE” at checkout and you’ll receive 10% off everything you purchase! I’m really excited to be participating in this sale again this year, so that means you’ll save 10% in addition to the 20% off sale I will be having at my store as well. You can save a total of 28% off EVERYTHING, including my money saving bundles!

This sale only runs through 11:59 PM EST tomorrow, so make sure you don’t miss out! TpT accepts purchase orders, so it’s a great opportunity to spend any extra funds your district may give you to use up this year or to get ready for next year.

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A Year of Giving :: April – Environmental Issues

A Year of Giving
If you’ve been following along, you might know that I’ve decided to donate a portion of the proceeds from my store to a different charity each month. My original goal is to do this for a year, but I hope to continue it even past that!!

In honor of Earth Day, this month I will be donating 10% of my store proceeds to one of the world’s largest environmental organizations, with more than one million members and a staff of 500 scientists, economists, policy experts, and other professionals.

Clean air and water. Abundant fish and wildlife. A stable climate. Their work protects nature and helps people thrive. What sets them apart is how they make this happen: By creating solutions that also carry economic benefits.

Their solutions—rooted in strong science and economics—reward people for protecting the environment, not exploiting it. By working with allies across the political spectrum and partnering with business, they turn ideas into lasting change to protect vulnerable ecosystems and human health.

If you’re in the financial position to help, I encourage you to do so, either through donating on your own to a charity of your choice or purchasing any item in my store. I’ll automatically donate 10% at the end of the month!