Adopt A Teacher

Adopt a Teacher

“Teaching is the greatest job in the world. Every day I get the chance to change a child’s life through encouragement, love, support, and knowledge. My only regret is that I don’t earn enough to help the needs of all of my kids in the classroom.”

–Middle School Teacher

One could argue that no adult is more trusted by children than a caring and loving teacher. Teachers frequently have the opportunity to help identify children in need. Through everyday encounters, they can establish a network of support that often brings needed comfort, trust, and peace into a child’s world. For that reason, we align our foundation’s support squarely behind our county’s elementary, middle and high school teachers.

By doing so, we also get a look into their world and the day to day struggles many of them face. Although the academic environment is structured for learning, the ability to learn is dependent on a child’s arriving at school with basic needs. Basic school supplies (pens, pencils, paper, notebooks, etc.) are often missing from the students’ book bag. And many times those needs fall at the feet of our teachers.

91% of teachers in US spend an average of $800 a year for their students.
Most public K-12 school systems are receiving less support from states than ever before. This leaves a big gap! Teachers often step in and fill those gaps for students who do not have the family support or financial ability to provide these daily supplies.

Fortunately, our Adopt-A-Teacher program has stepped in to help offset this ongoing need by aligning parents, residents, community leaders and local businesses with teachers in need. First, our teachers (we call them “Adoptees”) provide us with a “wish list” of needed materials and supplies. Through the resources of community networking and a little marketing, we match the wishlist to an adopter and then facilitate the delivery of the supplies to the school. This annual campaign has matched hundreds of teachers with local “adopters” who agree to help provide resources to address the needs within a classroom.

2020 Henry County ADOPT-A-TEACHER

Even though our schools are turned upside down and the world seems very different, the needs of our children to reach their highest levels of success are still needed, probably more this year than ever before. Therefore Adopt-A-Teacher 2020 is pressing forward to help the teachers obtain those supplies and resources.

This school year begins with teachers and children still working from a virtual classroom setting. Given the complexity of issues that Covid-19 pandemic has created, we understand that some teachers will be in the school, while other teachers could be remaining in a virtual setting for some time to come. We also understand this status may change as schools begin to let students back into the buildings. To ensure the most efficient and direct path to providing classroom supplies, we will be initially opening our registration process to those teachers currently working within the actual buildings/classrooms. Much like most situations at this time, we will continue to monitor and update the processes of the Adopt-A-Teacher program to ensure our best efforts to provide the most support are met.

Beginning at 10 AM on Wednesday, August, 5th, all teachers currently scheduled to work in the Henry County school buildings/facilities can register using the link below.

TEACHER REGISTRATION