Have you every heard of Donors Choose (www.donorschoose.org). It is a fantastic company that supports educators in creating online crowd funding campaigns to gain supplies for their classrooms. This post is not intended to push anyone away from using it, but there is another great website out there to also accomplish the same goals.
PledgeCents (www.pledgecents.com) provides teachers with the same experience, just some additional perks.
- If you do not fully fund your campaign, you will receive the funds you did raise and still be able to purchase some of the project.
- You can choose from the vendors supplied, Amazon, or any other vendors your district is already partnered with to give you total freedom in your products of choice.
- You can overfund your project and purchase more!
- They do not collect a percentage of your campaign, it all goes to your classroom!
There are many other perks, but those are some of the key highlights. This is just one way to gain funding and supplies for your classroom outside the traditional grants.