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Easily Find the Educational Institution You Want to Support

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Donate a Cafeteria Table to a School You Love
Donate a Cafeteria Table to a School You Love

Whether a student is 3 years old or 103, there are organizations which will help less well-off prospective students pay for their education. These various groups help fill the gap where government falls short. That is where the public, people like you, come in. Here are some facts about education and its support in the United States:

•    The difference between the money the poorest and the richest districts have to spend on education per child annually is over $1,000 per child.

•    Nevertheless, there is an excellent rate of young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 who have either a high school diploma or its equivalent alternative credential such as a General Educational Development (GED) certificate. In 2009 the rate was 90 percent.

•    Unfortunately, despite the excellent rate of finishing high school or getting a GED, over 70 percent of Americans between 18 and 24 years old cannot find New Jersey on a map, and 11 percent cannot even find the United States.

Charity Navigator is a website which helps people learn about institutions which require public support to operate successfully. With the aid received from generous people schools can afford basic items such as cafeteria tables and classroom chairs, and other equipment essential to the successful operation of any school. This website makes it easy to give to exactly the type of school you believe in, and wish to support.

A Gift for Teaching

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Helping a School Helps the Students that Learn There
Helping a School Helps the Students that Learn There

There are so many educational charities and good causes in the world today. It’s often hard to know where to put your time and money. One great cause is A Gift for Teaching. Since 1998, they have been working to improve education. Their goal is to transfer the community’s surplus materials and resources to teachers who need them.

It’s a really simple idea. If people have more supplies than they can use, and others don’t have enough money to buy school supplies, there is no reason that those two can’t be matched. Based in Florida, the organization has helped more than 142,000 students in the community to have what they need to learn. They also have programs in other areas that allow students and teachers to get what they need for their music lessons, their art classes and their physical education demands.

This is one example of the many ways that organizations work to creatively help students. A school desk has very little worth to a student if he doesn’t have pencils or paper to use at that desk. And the Gift for Teaching tries to ensure that the school lockers are filled with the right supplies and that the teachers and students have what they need to excel.

Charities that Do Good

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A Gift of School Lockers Can Enhance the Learning Experience
A Gift of School Lockers Can Enhance the Learning Experience

Whether you’re in the market to give money to a charity or you want to devote your time, there are many great educational charities out there today. Finding the right charity, and the one with which you will connect, is the tricky part. Here, we list some of the best educational charities today and the work that they do. While some help to increase test scores and others will offer new school desks or school lockers as needed, they are all aimed at doing good.

Teach for America – They recruit college graduates to teach in rural and urban public schools. (here is a link to them if you want it –

James Madison Education Fund – This fund gives graduate fellowships to qualifying students and works to inspire people to be outstanding teachers.

Math Counts Foundation – They offer fun and challenging math programs for middle schoolers to achieve academically.

Adopt a Classroom – This organization connects donors with teachers so that the donors can learn what supplies the teachers need. They can donate school furniture, school supplies and more.

Black Student Fund – They provide financial assistance and support to African American Students from k-12. It helps to make sure that students stay in school and help kids to graduate.

GiveWell Educational Charity Guide

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GiveWell Helps Donors Decide Where to Send Contributions Around the World
GiveWell Helps Donors Decide Where to Send Contributions Around the World

GiveWell is an organization which helps potential donors find the best international charity to support.

Visit their website to learn more about how they help charities around the world that help to improve education through building classrooms, awarding scholarships, training teachers, and more.

There is also a guide on how to assess which charity is most deserving of donations by asking some questions about the charity, such as:

•    Is the goal to improve attendance or to improve school quality?
•    What evidence is available regarding the likely impact of any improved performance/attendance on later life outcomes?
•    How would activities change if more revenue than expected was received? Would more revenue translate into more students served, and up to what point?

Educational Charities: What Do They Do?

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Educational Charities Can Help School Excel

You have some extra money that you want to give to a good cause, but where should you give it? People talk about giving to educational charities, but it’s not always easy to know which of these charities are legitimate and which aren’t. Which of these charities will really do good deeds, and what things do they support? Here is a basic understanding of what educational charities do.

Some of these charities build classrooms or buildings for government-run schools. They might even offer school furniture as part of their plan as well, helping both the building and the creation of the supplies with in the building.

Some of these charities offer scholarships to help individual students to find better schooling. This might be particularly relevant in developing countries.

Some charities train teachers and help to place teachers, while others work on enhancing the supply list at the schools. This might include adding computers to the classrooms, enhancing the textbooks and supplies, helping students to afford uniforms, and building libraries.

Certainly, it’s important to figure out which charities will use your money in the most productive way, but in general, educational charities are very helpful for getting schools off the ground and helping them to build up their supplies and their offerings.

Zoot Educational Furniture: How Donating Helps

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Donate Classroom Furnitute to a School You Love
Donate Classroom Furnitute to a School You Love

Zoot Educational Furniture is an organization working to repurpose used furniture like classroom tables and chairs. The organization collects desks, chairs, storage space, shelves and books to redistribute in underprivileged communities for students of all ages.

Repurposing old school furniture benefits numerous parties. For one, it provides children with better conditions and structured environments for learning. Donating furniture also saves time, taxes, labor and transport costs. It minimizes landfill and air pollution by recycling and reusing old materials.

Zoot explains the significant advantages of donating old furniture here. One scenario led to:

1.    The diversion of nearly 14 tons of school furniture on its way to landfill
2.    The prevention of 5,600-8,200 cubic meters of methane gases being released into the atmosphere
3.    A net Green House Gas saving of 25 tons of carbon dioxide
4.    Over $5,000 savings on landfill taxes, labor and transport as well as valuable school time
5.     A reputation enhancement for the school, as well as new connections with three schools in Jamaica
6.    Improved learning environments and conditions for children in Jamaica
7.    Improved educational resources for teachers and school staff

Charities: Education Starts at School

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volunteersWhen it comes to getting kids involved in charitable works, there is a lot that charities can do to encourage them.  Unfortunately however, a recent report documented in The Guardian found that many youngsters these days are not finding their place in the world of volunteer opportunities.  This is a real shame since it is the current generation that actually has a lot to give.  Charities are thus significantly missing out on this demographic.

There are some charities trying to counteract this.  For example, the Jewish Lads’ & Girls’ Brigade (JlGB) has developed a wide range of national award schemes in an attempt to bring in young volunteers (the main one being the ever-popular Duke of Edinburgh Award).  Indeed, a staggering half of young Jewish kids in faith schools are now taking part in this award.  Nonetheless, even with this result, the report found that 65 percent of individuals “indicated that they required extra support in finding a suitable volunteering placement.”  So work needs to be done to change that.

The truth is, at the end of the day, those who play a key role in the education of our youth should realize that one learns so much more than by simply sitting behind a textbook at a school desk.  Learning how to be a moral, upstanding citizen; to be kind to others, to realize that the world exists beyond one’s small enclave is an awareness that should be taught in schools.  Thus by providing volunteer opportunities to the children, the school is fulfilling its obligations of turning out moral, well-developed kids.

Still, one has to face reality as well.  Unfortunately there are problems with school kids volunteering.  First, insurance does not cover the under-16s potential volunteers.  Second, in many volunteer opportunities, it would simply take too many resources to train the youth well enough for them to actually be able to offer effective help.  But it nonetheless seems the benefits outweigh the problems and thus there should be some way to get around these issues.

It has to thus be up to the parents and guardians who believe volunteer opportunities are essential for the overall development of their children to push charitable work for their kids at school.  Further, if enough parents get together and let the school know how important this issue is for them, the school might just sit up and take some interest and actually make this happen.

Furniture Charities to Improve Education

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Donate to a School Near You!
Donate to a School Near You!

Charities all over the world invest millions of dollars to support education in impoverished communities. Organizations focus on all aspects of education, including school buildings, school books and materials, and even teaching staff.

Another factor that can significantly influence learning is classroom furniture. The Furniture for Education Worldwide foundation is a national charity based in London which aims to send all extra furniture, including classroom chairs and tables, to deprived countries across the globe.

These furniture contributions have many advantages. Thousands of children are able to sit at desks instead of on pillows or concrete floors, providing them with more structured environments and the ability to focus on their studies in much better conditions.

Charities like these are also contributing to the environment by recycling and re-using old materials instead of sending them to landfills and polluting the atmosphere.