Kids In Need Foundation

Kids in Need Foundation's Grant for classroom materials at A.C.Moore has provided my students the opportunity to experience art projects with materials that are normally too expensive to purchase with basic instructional supply money. I try to choose materials that pair well with art lessons that teach about global cultures and brings another perspective into my student's realm of knowledge. My students have really enjoyed the materials provided by the grant.

I'm beyond grateful for the amazing opportunity the Kids in Need Foundation provided my special needs preschoolers this school year! We were able to dig into an exploration of the ocean and create a model which allowed our students to build tolerances to sensitivities to various materials while learning about various ocean life. Thank you for your support of little learners!!

Student ownership and initiative are two of the biggest struggles in the classroom environment. Kids In Need Foundation greatly helps me as a teacher get them excited about learning. It provides items I can use as incentive or reward, or as an extension of key skills and objectives we are learning in the classroom. Thank you for helping teachers with out of pocket expenses to make learning successful and fun!

Kids In Need Foundation is a great non profit organization. They are very easy to work with and provide a service for the teachers and their scholars. Through the organization, I was able to purchase materials for the scholars to complete their science projects, exit projects and materials for community service day. Included are some photos of the materials and the scholars at work. 5 stars Organization!!

Through this organization I am able to obtain materials for my Math class to help with hands-on learning. Not all students respond to the same learning style. Kinesthetic learners need manipulatives to help them master math skills. I am able to purchase various items to assist students and present learning in a different way.

I received a grant for my second grade classroom. I was so excited because I have wanted to create a STEAM Club and I finally had the money to start it up. I have had such great feedback from kids and parents. THANK YOU Kids in Need Foundation....I truly appreciated the generosity you showed my students.

I would love to add a photo but all of my photos have students who are not allowed to be photographed. My apologies.

They are extremely supportive in providing financial assistance to the students in my district who receive Title 1 funds. Without their help, special projects would not happen. They enable us to foster the creativity in our students through providing materials we cannot always afford.

Kids in Need Foundation is a wonderful organization. I applied for a grant sponsored by Kids in Need and AC Moore. I wrote the grant for materials that my students could use with our class green screen. I was awarded a $100 gift card to the closest AC Moore. It was a wonderful experience and brought so much joy and creativity into my classroom. The supplies will last for multiple years. I will be forever appreciative.

I work in a public school which is a suburb of Philadelphia. I have received a grant from the Kids in Need Foundation. My children have benefitted from their generosity.
This past year, each first grader was able to make a scrapbook with their special writing pieces from the year. I had fifty parents in my classroom last week for a Writer's Tea. The students were excited to share their books and the family members loved them. This scrapbook will be a keepsake for each child. This project could not have come to fruition without the Kids in Need Foundation's grant.

The Kids In Need Foundation is an absolute blessing to schools, teachers, and students. My "end in mind" is for no student to leave my class the way they entered, and this foundation makes this possible by providing supplies and materials that help my students accomplish daily activities. Whether it's a pencil or the pencil sharpener, these are the little things that matter to help our students succeed. Thank you.

I received a grant through the Kids In Need Foundation. The grant allowed me to purchase materials/supplies to create Stem Bins for my first grade students. They absolutely love the stem bins. The process to apply for the grant was easy. My students and I greatly appreciate the Kids In Need Foundation. This project would not have been possible without them!

Kids in need make it easy for me to get the supplies my class needed to have a successful year. And the kids were so excited when the boxes arrived!

I have been teaching for 10 years and had never heard of Penny Hawk. I was searching for funds to help me with supplies in my classroom. I was able to get a gift card to AC Moore for $100. I used this to purchase paint, paint brushes, and a few small games. I was ecstatic and thankful!!!

Kids in Need Foundations supports our students so they can participate in plein air landscape painting at a historic park with sunken ships. What joy they have painting on a cliff above the Potomac River.

The Kids in Need Foundation truly has the best interest in kids and their education! I am a special needs teacher in a school where 100% of our students receive free breakfast and lunch due to low socioeconomic status. We don’t get a lot of funding and my students need so much support while at school. Kids in Need helped get me some extra funds so that I could support my students’ sensory needs in the classroom. I couldn’t be more grateful for receiving new educational items for my students and being able to help support them more in their educational goals. Kids in Need really helped my students get on the right path to success!

I cannot say enough about how I look forward to receiving your grant application each year! Receiving funding from your organization has allowed me to purchase materials and craft supplies that has provided my Title 1 students hands on learning opportunities they would otherwise not be exposed too! With the Makerspace & STEM learning environment we have been trying to implement without the ACMoore grants this would not have been possible! Thank you for supporting educators like myself and all the kids! ❤️

I work in an urban school with nearly all students from low income homes. I used the kids in need foundations to hold a science fair for my students. It was a huge success. Without the kids in need foundations obtaining the supplies for the science fair wouldn't have been possible.

I have received a number of grants in my 21 years of teaching and dealt with many organizations that provide items or funding for teachers. Of all the groups I have dealt with, the Kids In Need Foundation is the best. They have provided me with grants in the past that have had a great impact on my school and my students. Even when I did not receive funding, they were great about communicating that they had many applications and could not fund them all. They make the process of grant submission very easy and communicate with you throughout the process and they alert you when application windows open. I am very grateful for KINF and their staff, especially Penny Hawk.

Kids in Need has provided me with a gift card to provide much needed school and art supplies for my class. My class is in an urban school district and with that card I have been able to create a classroom full of life and entusiasm. I have been able to make the space inviting and the kids have been able to create projects to have ownwership in the space.

Kids In Need Foundation helped me get supplies to start a crocheting and knitting club at my school where students learned to knit or crochet to create projects for a charity of their choice. It was awesome and we couldn't have done it without the Kids In Need Foundation!

Kids in Need Foundation teaming with A.C. Moore turned STEM into STEAM for all kids in 4th grade. We were able to purchase art supplies for students to do a landscape painting with artists at a local park. The students were very proud of their works. We created an art show after the trip so that all could enjoy their works.

I work as a middle school teacher in Tennessee. Kids in need foundation has helped my classroom significantly by granting us with two grants and a gift card. This greatly helped my students complete a cultural and enhancing project.

Last year I received a KINF grant and was able to fund a math project within my classroom. After an area/perimeter unit, my students were able to build scaled versions of a 'tiny' house they had designed and drafted. Fortunately, ,through this grant I had a large amount of supplies that my students were able to use from Basa wood, fabric, specialty paper, etc. It was wonderful for them and myself to see their houses come to life. Their level of engagement was worth everything! Thanks to KINF for making this project come to life!

Helped fund our Preschool Artist Appreciation Show. Can’t thank them enough!!

I received a grant from the Kids In Need Foundation last year for my first grade classroom. The money helped me buy needed art supplies for my children who are mostly from families who struggled financially. The children loved doing art and were thrilled with their finished pieces. My school does not give any money for art supplies and the grant was very appreciated.

The KIN Foundation was wonderful to work with last year. They funded our "Picturing Writing" project for our Kindergarten students. Through their generosity we were able to purchase individual sketch books for our students to use as they illustrate their ideas during Writer's Workshop. The grant process was easy to do and our follow up with the company made a sometimes nameless/faceless process seem really connected and personal. The foundation really made a difference for our student's learning.

I have written and received grants from Kids In Need Foundation for a few years now....thank you so much!!! The process is very efficient and streamlined...not a lot of filler information needed...just the important facts which I appreciate very much!!! The grants have allowed me to make some amazing projects with my students in our Engineering Design class.

Kids in Need donated to my classroom last year. We were able to make great progress due to the donation. All of my students were able to use tablets and seats in the Lexia reading program each week. At the end of last year, 13 out of 15 students were reading on grade level and proficient. It was a great experience to be able to provide my students the opportunity to have access to a reading program that supplements my teaching at each students ability level. We are still using the program and tablets this year and looking to add to our resources! Thank you so much Kids In Need!

K.I.N.F. is a wonderful organization. The dedication from the foundation far exceeds anyone's expectations. I was fortunate enough to receive a grant last year and was thrilled on how quickly the turn around time was from applying to receiving funds. Thank you so much K.I.N.F.!

The students I currently serve all come from low socioeconmic backgrounds and our school has very little funding or budget for classroom supplies. I was hired three years ago to create an art program for our students. With such little funding this was very hard to do. Kids in Need helped me greatly. I was able to get many different basic art supplies from them such as markers, crayons, colored pencils, glue, scissors, and paper as well as many other classroom supplies. Last year I was even able to get air dry clay!!!! I truly believe that a key component in the success of our art program was and is Kids in Need. With their support I was able to provide our students with much needed supplies and I was able to provide even more creative opportunities for our students. Thank you so much Kids in Need, you are truly making a difference in many students and teachers lives! Thank you, thank you!!

We needed t-shirts for more than 90 Kindergarten students to conclude a science unit about fabric. Kids In Need Foundation supplied us with grant money for the t-shirts and other supplies we needed to conduct our experiment.

The grant process was not difficult. They communicated regularly with grant recipients so we knew where we were what was happening. They sent the funds when they said they would.

Kids In Need Foundation funded a grant that allowed my school to build a community garden. The garden has given us many fresh and organic vegetables that the kids get to take home. They love it and we get to teach about eating healthy and growing your own food.

Teachers are always busy and truly only have a small amount of time to be able to write grants. I was very impressed with Kids in Need Foundation the process was simple to write the grant and I did not have to worry about the privacy of my students to post photographs.

I do wish that you were a fly in the room to witness the excitement of my students when I arrived on a Monday morning after purchased materials from your funding.

Many of my students live in a challenged environment making a diorama project at home is not a option for them. Many of my students have not been to a museum. Having the materials for Native American dioramas allowed my students to bring history to life. Having them engaged in their worked helped them to really truly learn and enjoy history.

Thank you Kids in Need Foundation for helping my students to experience this living history. It brought the history to life to disadvantaged children.

My name is Joseph Calvarino. I am a woodshop teacher that works in a self-contained special education school located in the Bronx NY. All of the students I teach have disabilities that range from autism to emotional disturbance and learning disabilities. All of the students are underprivileged .

Thanks to a generous donation I was able to build a grandfather clock with the students. We not only did a ton of research but also had hands on project based activities that got the kids excited and motivated them to push forward .

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I simply love Kids In Need Foundation! They have helped to bring to life several projects for my classroom. Without their continuous support my students would not have exposure to several bright and engaging ideas. One in particular was Carnival Math. My 5th grade students enjoyed creating math problems using fractions and decimals to show how much each item cost. They were able to chaperone and explain it to the Pre-K students who attended our classroom carnival. It was enjoyable for all because learning was going on and treats and prizes were given out. This collaboration across the grade levels left a memorable experience to all of the student participant. Without the funding from KINF my students nor the Pre-K students would have had the exposure and the benefit of experiencing this project. Thank you so much!!!

Kids in Need Foundation helped make my idea a reality! They made it possible for me to fun my 1st Grade Run Club with the first graders at my elementary school. With their help, I was able to help promote a healthy lifestyle and encourage a love of running with my students and the students in the other classes.

I want to thank the Elmer's Tool Kit Grant as the funds/lesson provided a great way to introduce the concept of cultural myths and legends. We had a few English and Visual art teachers participate along with the students and they are now incorporating the integrated lesson into their curriculum. This unit provided a vehicle to explore many of our curriculum objectives and I appreciated the opportunity to include fibers into the art classroom.

The Kids In Need Foundation is a wonderful non-profit who enabled my Kindergarten class the ability to taste healthy foods for each letter of the alphabet. We were also able to create a book for each student called Eating the Alphabet!!

This non-profit is awesome. We were able to make a connection to the community with the sewing project they funded for my Kindergarten class. The children got a lot of fine motor practice with sewing project they funded. We were able to bring small heart to a local nursing home and share time with the residents. It also taught the students about giving back to others.

Kids in Need Foundation provided the means for my students to explore online newspaper writing by funding an iPad that they used for documenting school history and current school news. They recorded interviews, took photos, and wrote stories for our school paper. As a librarian in a school with limited technology funding, this iPad expanded the role of library aides from checking out books to online publishing, research, and advertising. Kids in Need made this possible.

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I want to express my appreciation for your generosity in support of my classroom. Your generous donation allowed me to purchase: notebooks; several packs of colored construction paper; crayons; markers; painting supplies and much more! The art supplies were used in my classroom throughout the year, to assist students from low-income households get needed school supplies.

Your assistance means so much to me, but even more to my wonderful students. Once again, thank you for your generous donations. My students were so excited to see their new supplies.

With gratitude,

Ms. S. Marrero
Eberhart Elementary School

I teach in a low income area in Los Angeles. I teach 2nd grade... and I love it! However, teaching meaningful lessons and exciting topics can be difficult when funds are limited. Kids In Need Foundation has helped my students by supplementing our school budget for special hands-on projects that make learning fun and engaging! This year, my students had the opportunity to learn about ocean pollution and our waste management system all because of our close encounter with a real living being... hermit crabs. We welcomed hermit crabs as our class pets and learned how our trash can end up in their natural environment. We learned ways to reduce our trash and help our oceans stay clean. None of this would have been possible without the grant I received from Kids In Need Foundation. A big thank you from Mrs. Carrillo's class!

KINF has been a life saver to my students and I this year. They have afforded us the opportunity to be creative and to experience learning through the grant I received. My students are all from the inner city and their exposure to America are limited by the boundaries of their neighborhood. I enjoy the opportunity that KINF has afford to open the doors to a whole new environment through their funding. There is still much work to be done, but what a great avenue to a beginning.

I received a grant for my students to create abacuses. The project was great and very meaningful, as I made it a parent-child activity.

Kids in Need is wonderful! I have been awarded 2 grants to complete hands-on science and social studies projects with my Special Education students. It has provided me with the opportunity to purchase supplies that I would never have access to otherwise. In a low-income, high-minority school with access to little outside funding and no PTA or similar supports in place, Kids in Need is a lifesaver!

Kids in Need Foundation is a wonderful program for my classroom and students. The grants I have received from them have helped fund projects in my classroom that otherwise would have never taken place. The grant application is very easy to fill out and the program services are very helpful. All of my questions were answered quickly and they were professional.

Thank you Kids In Need Foundation for everything you have done for our school and for my classroom. We have been assigned to local Walgreens for the last four years to receive donated school supplies. They were very much needed by many of our students. I also appreciate the many grant opportunities that Kids in Need has offered -the exciting materials gained from these grants have made the difference in our learning. Keep up the great work for our kids!

The Kids in Need Foundation was a positive, driving force in my school this year. They provided my classroom with books of poetry, writing supplies, and everything we needed to read, write, publish books of our own poetry to be distributed throughout our community, and to perform Spoken Word Poetry right in our school. Also, for the first time ever, one of our graduating Seniors performed an original Spoken Word Piece during our graduation ceremony: the theme was "Undefeated." Thanks to nonprofit organizations like the Kids in Needs Foundation, at-risk students like mine have access to resources that will empower teachers and students to create learning experiences that both challenge and engage students in studies that truly matter to them, in studies that stimulate them. This school year was such a success. The Kids in Need Foundation helped make this possible. There's a saying that goes, "Where magic is allowed, magic will occur." You helped magic happen this year. Not only did the Kids in Need Foundation bring my students together, providing us with everything we needed to create an unforgettable school year, you are the reason that over the summer, many of my students will continue to meet to read poetry, write poetry, listen to poetry readings, and even perform their own poetry within at community. The Kids in Need Foundation ignited a love of poetry in my classes that will not easily be extinguished. Thank you. I hope you will continue to support my school and to support schools like mine. Education is the great equalizer in life, but not all schools are equal. Great Nonprofits help even the playing field, the "learning field" filling in the gaps for students like my own. Teaching is what I do best and is one of the things I love best in life period. A gift to my students is a gift to me. Thank you.

What an incredible experience this school year with the help of the grant we received through Elmer's Glue, Kids in Need Foundation. Our gardening grant has allowed us to grow and work in real life growing experiences to increase our students scientific and literacy learning. Engaging middle school students so they enjoy what they are doing and making a a positive impact on their learning has been a wonderful time this year!

My kids were so lucky to have money donated to our sewing project. Each month and through the month for the whole year and years to come we got to enjoy all the wonderful tools that were given to us. The kids learned how to sew using a needle and thread, sewing machine, craft projects and even made things to be donated to a local charity. All of this really aligned with the Montessori lessons and the Common core standards. I'm so thankful we were picked. Thank you so much.

I have been working with Kids In Need for many years. My students have benefitted from the generous donations and Grant opportunities provided by the Kids In Need Foundation. My students received grant materials and supplies to create a variety of books, study the art of Rembrandt and have an in depth learning of the elements of art, specifically value. They have also received kind donations from our Kids In Need Resource Center where Staples, Target and JoAnn Fabric materials and supplies were in abundance. Thank you so much for providing my students with the opportunity to study historic information and the materials needed to complete the projects. It made their learning come to life.

I am a Physical educator with Dayton Public schools and I received a grant from the kids in need foundation. This was a huge help in building our P.E. program. I was able to purchase items that allowed me to create a multi sensory unit on balance. This unit was very hands on for the students and they are already asking if we will do it again next year. It was a blessing to receive the funds to help us create such a unique experience for our students that would have not been possible without the grant funding.

I serve at a K-5 school with an almost 98% poverty rate. You donations provide grants for classroom teachers in high poverty areas. These grants allow teachers to incorporate creative and fun projects and materials that otherwise would have to be paid by the teacher.
I have been lucky enough to receive one of these grants and it helped to make my teaching better for students. Students were more engaged and had more fun learning because of the materials and activities Kids in Need provided my classroom! Please help this wonderful nonprofit if you can!!

I am a 2nd grade teacher in a high poverty school and was in need of math manipulatives to help my students learn their simple math facts. I found out about the Kids in Need Foundation through and email, typed up a proposal and was awarded a $330 grant. I purchased several Hot Dots pens and various Hot Dots flash cards as well as electronic flash cards. I incorporated them into my math games center and students loved "playing" with them daily. I plan on applying for yet another grant this upcoming school year since I'll be teaching at a new school and in a new grade.

The Kids In Need Foundation is a truly professional organization with a heart of gold. This organization strives to help the children that need it most. I am so honored to have been a grant recipient this past year.My students' academic growth in reading have shown what can be possible when students are supplied with enough supplies and materials in order to provide them with hands-on, engaging learning strategies. This organization has made a positive impact both on myself and my students. We will be forever grateful for the generosity of this organization.

I am a middle school US History teacher and I am so appreciative of the Kids In Need Foundation and the support they provide to teachers across the country. I have had access to instructional materials that I would not have been able to acquire without funding from Kids In Need. They are a great organization! They also use an accountability process so you know as a donor that your financial support is being used wisely. I work at a Title I school which means that more than 50% of our students are on the free or reduced lunch program. Many of my students don't come to school with the basic supplies. Even though I spend a lot of money out of my own pocket to provide the necessary materials for my students, the additional resources that I can provide to my students through grants from KIds In Need make my lessons much more effective and allow these students to gain a greater knowledge of the curriculum. Thank you Kids In Need for all of your support.
Larry B.
US History Teacher

Their grant helped my special needs students with their sight words this year! I have seen vast improvement! Thank you for your help!

I have had the honor of working with the Kids in Need Foundation for the past two years. The good works and generous grants that have been given to deserving schools and students is overwhelming. I am pleased that I was able to receive funding for the art program at our school. We could not have functioned effectively without the generous support of the Kids in Need Foundation. Thank you!

As one of the 34 teacher resource centers served by The Kids in Need Foundation I can say without reservation that KINF is making a wonderful difference for students in need all over Western New York. As teachers marvel at the quality and quantity of what they receive we are quick to note that it is due in large part to the tireless work of the staff at KINF as they reach out in a 1000 ways to touch the countless lives of teachers, students in need and volunteers they will never see. John Mika Director The Teacher's Desk, Buffalo NY

This organization gave me a grant to help my special needs students with their IEP objectives of sight words. I was able to purchase $500 dollars of products, as a second year teacher! Their sight word identification progress and writing skills have improved tremendously as a result of the items purchased! We were able to use sight word stamps to create cards for police officers and firefighters in our area for Public Safety Week. This organization believed in me and my students! They deserve 5 stars for what they do to help teachers!

Kids in Need Foundation helped our arts education school our first couple years so we could have supplies to teach our children ELA and Drama Standards. We were able to purchase costume pieces and props for plays students created based on social studies and science units of study. Thank you so much for helping us! We couldn't have done it without you!

Kids in Need Foundation has supported projects in my classroom for several years. Our school is in a high poverty area where all students receive free lunch. Our textbooks are 10-20 years old, and our other resources are limited or non-existent. Thanks to KINF for allowing me to bring enriching activities to the children I teach year after year. It would not be possible without them, and I am very grateful!

I have been the happy recipient of a few grants from KINF, and the funds have enabled me to enrich my students in ways that have created joy in learning, excitement and awe. I enjoy providing my students with "extras" and KINF has been a great source for me to do so.

Having Kids in Need Foundation believe in my teaching pedagogy and believe in my students has provided us with the tools to excel in class on a daily basis. THANK YOU from every single child you've touched!

I am so grateful to be able to receive this very generous grant to support my special needs students with Reading and Language Arts academic skills. The materials and supplies will help to strengthen skills by providing small group or individual independent hands on activities to students.
Thank you so very much.
Sincerely,
Linda Solomon
K-3 Special Education

I am so appreciative of the Kids in Need Foundation! They are providing me with funds and school supplies to help make sure my students get the best chance they can. Coming from an impoverished school in a large, poor, inner-city district, I need all the help I can get. The opportunity to provide students with free school supplies and then teach them about the USA in a hands-on, art-based way is tremendous. Thank you so much!

I have been recipient for the past two years. I love Kids In Need it is because this program my classroom has been able to complete projects and gain the opportunity to explore many wonderful projects and learn how to be responsible to taking care of the materials they receive as well as learn how to share with others. I would like to thank Kids In Need once again for helping our school continue to receive materials that are desperately needed in our class. We could not do it without you.

The grant I have been given has been so helpful in providing new experiences to the students in my class who would otherwise not be able to experience these things.

For the last four years in August, our YMCA has been working with the Kids in Need Foundation to supply more than 2,200 students annually with school supplies. The effort is sponsored by a major corporation. The KINF shipment has always arrived on time--the day before our big annual event. We purchase our own backpacks, and employees from the corporation stuff backpacks and box them, and attach a special note of encouragement for every individual student. The boxes are delivered to different program partners.

The Kids in Need Foundation has helped my students tremendously. Students are able to learn lessons powered by engaging activities. The Kids in Need Foundation has helped me by taking away that worry of how to afford to teach an activity based concept when school funds aren't available. It's hard to ask economically challenged famililes to provide materials or my family to excuse my spending out of our budget so finding this foundation has been a true blessing.

I believe that the program was great assistance to me. I loved working on my cover letter and fixing my resume I feel that I can get any job now. the staff was very helpful and dedicated in assisting the whole class. I was very exited to do the mock interviews it showed we where I could really nail a interview and were I messed up at.

I am a teacher in a small, rural school district. I have received several Kids in Need grants over the past few years. I can honestly that they have made SUCH a difference!

In science, we have been able to do numerous hands-on experiments. I have observed the students' excitement for science ignite. Their comprehension of content was higher. We would not have had the ability to do this without the grant support.

In language arts, my students have written poetry and had their own books published. I noticed quality of writing and effort improve as they knew the book would be published. The excitement when the finished books arrived was fun to see.

In social studies, we have been able to do a fun culminating project where students created movies to highlight what they learned and then we held an "Academy Award" day and previewed the movies and handed out awards. This was the highlight of their year!

None of these would have happened for my students without the funding from Kids in Need and their sponsors.

This organization is wonderful to work with. Communication is quick and easy. The expectations and year end reports are clear. The Kids in Need Foundation has made a big impact on the students in our small community! ... Many thanks!

I am a teacher at Constellation Community Schools Mansfield Elementary and I received a grant from Elmer's Glue to do a reading project with my school. The grant was for $500 and I was able to purchase books to give away to the students in the school. The children who received the books are from lower income and many do not have books at home to read. They were thrilled with the gift.

Kids in Need Foundation will change the lives and experiences of the students in my class. The resources that they provide will give students access to much needed and often unattainable supplies and resources. This donation will truly make my job easier. Hands-on learning skills are retained more and more fun too!!!!

I am an art teacher in an K-8 elementary Title 1 school. I recently won a grant for a ceramics project called "Whimsical Dinnerware." The grant money arrived as scheduled and our supplies were purchased at the local ceramics store. My art students loved working with clay. They never would have had this opportunity without the Kids in Need Foundation grant. I highly recommend them for helping Title 1 schools get grants they need to allow their students to experience success in new materials that they normally would not encounter. We are fortunate to be the recipient of a new ceramics grant for the 2013-14 school year and are very excited.

Thank you to the Kids in Need Foundation, who has granted my students at San Andreas High School the opportunity to use resources they might have never had access to without their help. I look forward to implementing the resources into my curriculum that they have made available to me.
Thanks again for your time and consideration, Ms. Andi DuMoulin

The Kids in Need Foundation truly is a wonderful organization with an important and vital mission. The idea of giving back to teachers, students, and the community as a whole is awesome and certainly much needed. It is important to ensure that educators who are passionate about meeting the needs of children that they impact daily are given that chance to do so. The Kids in Need Foundation gives both teachers and students a chance to experience success and to have access to the supplies and resources that are needed to ensure success. As an educator, I refuse to be a part of the problem, so when I saw that the Kids in Need Foundation could assist me with becoming a part of the solution, I took advantage of this wonderful opportunity. I was able to create an innovative learning project for my students that will help them for years to come. I teach students with behavior and emotional disabilities and physically aggressive behaviors.

The program encouraged students to behave well, make good decisions, build healthy relationships, exhibit more positive social behaviors, avoid negative or aggressive behaviors, develop a sense of connectedness and belonging, all while closing the achievement gap. The parental involvement component was designed to help parents develop skills to reduce problem behaviors, to improve parent/child relationships, generalize appropriate behaviors to the natural home and community environment outside of the school setting. Various forms of creative expression and hands on activities were interwoven into the curriculum to promote positive social interaction and to encourage self expression as a therapeutic means of dealing with problem behavior.

The use of experiential workshops, speakers, role plays, games, creative play, and bibliotherapy, and access to a mental health therapist assisted with learning coping skills and the ability to control anger and reduce aggressive tendencies. Students showed an increase level of control of their emotions and were able to focus more on academics and being a successful student.

The Parent Night Event would be sponsored by the students who would present what thy have learned to the parents. This way the children would be giving back to their parents and parents in the community and helping their parents and other parents deal with the stressors of parenting a difficult child or a child with a disability.

Thank you again and I will apply again next year as my students truly learned a lot and gained some important skills that caused them to be transformed and transformed others in the process, including myself and their parents.

I was able to receive a grant from the Kids in Need Foundation & Elmer's. This fall I will be able to begin a exciting and educational activity with the students in my class. I teach for an inner city public school where 100% of our students receive free lunch. There is very little money available for truly creative projects. This fall my students will begin to make a scrapbook of their writing. This grant was easy to apply for and they had a wide variety of activities that you could choose from. Each month we will add 2-3 stories, reports, poems, etc to their scrapbook. This scrapbook will then be something that they will be able to keep for the rest of their lives. I am so excited and grateful for the opportunity that KINF and Elmer's has provided for me and my students. Thanks so much.

There are so many things in life that we as adults can not control, especially for our students. As an educator I refuse to let that be an excuse for learning in my classroom and thanks to great programs like the "Kids In Need Foundation" they have allied with me to make sure my students have supplies and materials to help them achieve success. My students come to school to learn and succeed, not to worry about if they have pencils, crayons, and books.

I filled out the form for a grant and dreamed that I might receive it. When I was notified that I actually DID, I was on cloud nine! I am so excited to be able to do an activity with my students that would normally not be possible because of there not being funding for it. My students will be very excited to complete the autobiography board activity that we DO now have the funding for! THANK YOU!!!

I am a teacher in an alternative high school. This grant allows me to purchase materials for a new, innovative unit that I could not otherwise afford to give my students access to.

I am a kindergarten teacher at an "at risk" school. Our students live in a community where outside activity is often limited because of community risks-busy roads, inappropriate adult behaviors, lack of supervision.
This grant will help provide students with movement and problem solving strategies.
The grant was easy to complete and it will benefit over 100 children.

I will apply again next year. The process was easy. Thanks for your support.

The application for the grant was very simple and straight forward. Customer service was quick to respond to questions asked. I found out I received the grant in a timely manner.

I am so grateful that I was able to get a grant for my first graders. They will be so excited to see all the new supplies that I was able to buy with this grant. Thank you so much Kids in Need Foundation

This organization is great. I've applied for two Kids in Need grants and won both. They have allowed me to do wonderful projects with my students because I have been able to purchase the art supplies I needed in order to make them happen. I told them what I wanted to do - to make a neighborhood mural - and to use clay to make it three-dimensional and various kinds of metallic sheet material. I was able to dream a project up, submit it to them and before I knew it, I had the money to make this project come alive. They also offer grant projects written by other people with detailed instructions that you can reproduce. You can read through the projects that other people have done and you can duplicate somebody else's wonderful project. They are amazingly supportive and have helped me so much in my art room with my special education students. I am very grateful to this organization and I will continue to apply for grants with them as well as duplicate some of their wonderful projects. I highly recommend teachers use this wonderful foundation.

Our School received a grant from Elmer's Glue to help our student to gain knowledge and be more productive members of society. Thank you Elmer's Glue. We love you.

My name is Terri Miller. I am a fourth grade teacher at Ralph Wilson Elementary School in Lake Charles, Louisiana. I received the Elmer's Teacher Tool Kit Grant in conjunction with The Children in Need Foundation. I teach at a Title I school. My school district is transitioning to the Common Core Curriculum, and this grant is going to be a tremendous help! I am truly grateful for this opportunity to enrich the lives of my students through hands-on activities covering fractions!

This organization has been paramount in helping me develop a strong, exciting curriculum for my kiddos. With their support, I'm able to create a dynamic project that I otherwise would not be able to afford.

Kids in Need has provided my students with an opportunity to access a rigorous opportunity to apply their math and science skills to build electrical houses. As a teacher working in a school and community with limited financial resources I am thankful to be the recipient of a generous grant to expose my students to higher order thinking skills.

This company runs a top notch program that helps so many teachers and students in our District. We are given the opportunity to "shop" for classroom materials that we would otherwise not have or have to pay for out of our own pocket. The selection process is well organized and the materials are plentiful to choose from.

I recently found out about the Elmer Grants that provided additional materials to classrooms. I was fortunate enough to receive one of these grants for the upcoming school year. I look forward to putting these new activities in place. I would not be able to do this without the help from the Kids in Need Foundation. Thank you very much.

I am a first-year teacher in a small, rural elementary school. Budget cuts for classroom supplies have made it very difficult to purchase resources for projects like “Galileoville - A Community Simulation” or any project for that matter. An allotted $100 a year barely covers basic resources for the classroom so organizations like the Kids in Need Foundation really are lifesavers. I truly appreciate the opportunity they have provided my classroom next year. (Thank you, Kids in Need Foundation, for your generosity and compassion for our future... my Kindergarten students.)

The Kids in Need Foundation is helping me to bring science to life in my special education classroom by providing me with funding to purchase materials to make life size models of human body systems. These models will help my students learn more about human body systems, their various parts and how they work together to create an efficient organism. Thank you KINF for your support!

This program has been so helpful. Because of the program, I was able to purchase two e-readers with books for my classroom. The novelty of the e-reader made reading all the more attractive. Plus, I could purchase new books and a variety of books to interest my students. Another advantage of these e-readers is that the students learned how to use the dictionary inside the books. This is a type of technology that some students don’t get access to because of the tight economics that many of our students experience here in the inner city. Thank you so much for your support of this program.

Kids in need has helped me out several times. They have provided t classroom with multiple necessary items. When paper towels and treasure box supplies are getting low they are always there to help. My students think its Christmas when I come back from kids in need because I always come back with boxes of fun things to help them learn. Kids in need also helped me get the necessary supplies to have a readers theater with puppet animals. I teach kindergarten where most of my kids are esol and it is a title 1 school. Kids in need gives me the necessary materials to help my kids learn.

Kids In Need Foundation is easing the financial burden on public school teachers. Every school year, I spend my own money on basic and supplemental supplies so that I can teach my students and make their learning more meaningful. This year, KINF will be helping me by means of the grant I was awarded. With the donated funds, I will be able to purchase materials that will make the ocean "come alive" in our classroom. I cannot wait to provide my students with the realia that will allow them to delve in deeper while learning about the great ocean. Thank you, KINF!

This organization helped find funding for a fun and exciting math project in my classroom. For one week my students used food everyday to explore various math concepts. While they thoroughly enjoyed the lessons, I feel I walked away with so much more. This grant gave me the opportunity to teach without worrying about how to fund the project. This project made me enjoy and get excited about teaching again! It showed me there are people who care about our youth!

I work in a low-income school and most students do not have books to read at home. This organization awarded me $500 to purchase books for my students to take home and read with their families. I am very thankful. The application process was simple and easy to understand. Their expectations were clear and their mission is admirable.

I work in a high proverty school where resources are very limited. Kids in Need Foundation allows teachers to have the resources that are needed to help students succeed in school. Thank you so much Kids in Need for your support!!!

I received a grant from Elmer's kids in need to help work on multicultural awareness and importance in our diverse charter school! This is going to be an awesome asset to our school and is more than greatly appreciated! Thank you!

The Kids in Need Foundation provide much needed resources for students with disabilities. I am so thankful to them for providing focused lessons to supplement my curriculum. My school is a K-12 school serving approximately 520 students with mental and physical disabilities. The program is located on Staten Island at several sites. Within this program, we have numerous inclusion and work study sites located throughout Staten Island. Presently, we have 517 students: 12 students are English Language Learners, seven Asian/Pacific Islander, 115 Hispanic, three American Indian/Alaskan Native, 193 Black, 196 White, and one multiracial student are enrolled in our school.

Students are 98% free lunch certified, and travel to attend our special education school. Students are severely, emotionally disturbed and have been diagnosed with a full range of disabling conditions for example Autism, ADD, OCD, and General Anxiety. Students have cognitive disabilities, learning disabilities, and behavioral disorders that require special education supports to succeed including Special Education Teacher Support Services, speech and more.

My goal as the science teacher is to create learning opportunities that are fun and engaging while giving my students the opportunity to participate in citizen science. Thank you to Kids in Need for your assistance.

What a fantastic experience this has been. Having written my first grant and being graciously awarded a Kids in Need Grant, I have since become adicted to applying for them. This particular grant has been very helpful for my students. Through reading Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, and working on their subsequent people watching project (due to the generous funds donated to us), they were able to see the world through different, less judgemental eyes. They learned that performing random acts of kindness really does make the world a better place. Many of my students still volunteer at local soup kitchens among other non-profit organizations and perform good deeds to this day, months after the unit has finished. Their compassion for others is permanently changed for the better. . . all thanks to you!

I applied for a grant thorugh Kids in Need. This year I did not receive the opportunity to get a grant but I did get some fun poster board decals and supplies for my classroom.

My experience with Kids In Need was nothing put positive! I am a high school math teacher in a small town that has barely any funding for anything extra. I wanted to do a Geometry project with my students but did not know how to fund the materials needed. I stumbled across this grant, wrote my part, and received an email saying I got it! It was the easiest and most successful grant process ever! My students learned surface area and volume well because they were able to be hands on due to the Kids In Need Foundation.

I recently received a grant from Kids in Needs. The grant was very easy to apply for! The entire process was the easiest grant process I have ever completed. I was able to complete an amazing language arts project with my students. All the parents were so impressed with the books the students made and I know they will be forever a keepsake! Thank you Kids in Need!!!

This was such a positive experience. I was looking into ways to fund a unit I wanted to teach in my kindergarten class, and found this organization. I not only funded the unit for myself but also for three other teachers in my building. And it was so easy! I will definitely be looking into funding other projects to give my kids more opportunities and experiences that they would otherwise not have. Thank you!

The Kids in Need Foundation has provided me with money needed to implement service projects, and other classroom activities, that I would not have been able to do otherwise. These course activities have completely enhanced the learning and educational experiences in my classes and so I am very grateful for this foundation. The process in getting the money for the grants awarded was very easy and overall was a great experience. I would highly recommend this foundation to interested parties.

Kids In Need is a wonderful organization that has provided essential learning materials to very needy first graders in Michigan. We are in tough economic times here in Michigan, especially in our county. The financial support Kids In Need provided has opened possibilities for children that may not have been possible. We had a wonderful, eye-opening unit about Celebrations Around the World in December and January because of Kids In Need's generous support. THANK YOU!!!

The Kids in Need Foundation paired with Fred Meyer provided grant money to support physical education at the middle school level. This grant money allowed all students to create a personal fitness plan by giving them access to common gym equipment to learn the principles of sets, reps, muscle toning and building, etc. Without their support students would not have had the equipment to participate in "the doing" of their fitness plans.

The Kids In Need Grant that I received helped support visual art in the elementary classroom setting . My students were able to explore and experience hands on the colorization of black and white photographs. This opportunity has provided an experiencee that we would not be able to expand on had we not had the grant help.
My students were thrilled with the chance of being their own photographer, examining the world around them and using their aesthetic value to the photographs of their choice.
Learning new ways to color photographs and explore first hand how they could render the feeling and moods of varios photographs with the selection of colors .
This was an empowering experience leaving the students with a new understanding of artist and the content of their work.
The success was measured in a variety of ways , seeing each student completely engaged in their work was one way that it shined as a successful learning tool.

Thanks to the Kids-In-Need Foundation, 200 second grade children at my impoverished school learned about the human body by making pasta skeletons, spines they got to eat made of hard and gummy lifesavers, stethoscopes made from funnels and tubing, and "thinking caps" made from surgical caps labeled with the functions if each part of the brain. NONE of this would have been possible without this grant. THANK YOU KINF!!!

Our district has had extensive budgetary cutbacks with the recent downtown in the economy. I wanted to enhance my students learning through creative activities, but was unable to do so. The Kids in Need grant allowed us to integrate academic and leadership skills in a creative, life-changing way. We are studying the role public service announcements play in societal change. The students are looking at needed areas of improvement in our school and community. They are researching and developing public service announcements that can be used in print (newspapers), on local radio stations, or on a local cable TV channel. This process has give my students the opportunity to take on a leadership role in a creative process, while practicing the basics of reading, writing, and research.

I was so excited about this grant, it gave me an opportunity to plan a fun engaging activity for teaching measurement. Students generally struggle with measurement, a lot of it is due to not having exposure to hands on experiences. My students were able to do something I call the Measurement Marathon, where they race around the campus doing different measurement activities. The grant allowed me to buy scales, and other measurement tools allowing the students the hands on experience.

I received a grant that will allow my students to create their own habitat models. We are still learning about some of the habitats. The grant money was used to buy materials to create the habitats as well as educational resources to learn about different habitats. The money arrived when promised and the Kids in Need Foundation is wonderful!!

The Kids in Need Foundation provided my students an opportunity to stay off the streets and do something constructive and interesting. With the donation we built a fully functional hybrid remote control go-kart. A vehicle completely emmissions free as well as human or computer controlled. This project gave the students a reason to learn and have fun learning. The professional contact was very plesant and extremely helpful with any questions I had.

I received a grant to fund a project that will help students create classroom project posters with better clarity. The application form is straight forward with easy to follow directions. The actual grant money arrives when it is anticipated to arrive and questions are answered quickly via email. This is a wonderful organization that provides grant money for many projects.

The whole process could not have been simpler. The application was straightfoward. Notification was prompt and clear. The funds have expanded the realm of possibilities for my students. In funding this unit idea on flight my students have been given opprtunities to explore a world that previously they would never have been expsed to. They have meet people with interesting career choices and possibilities that seemed foreign before. Without this support, I would never have been able to do acheivethis on the budget constraints I deal with.

I was able to purchase resources that expands the knowledge and experience of my rural, largely impoverished students that would otherwise have been impossible to do.

Thank you so much for your support of this project and of the education of our students in general!!

The grant process was clearly stated and easy to fill out. The students loved being able to work on a creative project that otherwise would have to have been funded by the teacher. This activity enabled the students to show another side of their individuality as well as teaching them about coexistence and tolerance. Thank you Kids in Need for making this project possible.

Kids in Need Foundation was quite professional in their approach. The application process was clearly understood and hassle free. The funds sent were enough to cover costs that I would have otherwise spent from my own pocket. The art project stretched for three weeks and the supplies (brushes & paints) will last a lot longer. The students work will be proudly displayed for our school concert/art show night in May.

My classroom is a special education classroom for kids with emotional and behavior disabilites. Kids In Need contributed to a greenhouse/garden program to give my kids an outlet, responsibility and life skill training. Since they grant, my students have been willing to engage in conversations about the project, tell others and even wanted to raise more money so that we can expand our project. Thank you so much for this very generous contribution.

I have received three different grants from the Kids In Need foundation to help fund creative cross-curricular art projects for my middle school students. This year we are going to be focusing on the ancient art of petroglyphs and mostly centered on the Egyptians. Students will each get a chance to create their own rock carving, something that wouldn't have been able to happen without the help of the grant program through the Kids In Need Foundation I thank this foundation for continuing to step in and make funds possible in and ever changing and budget cut happy educational world. Thank you Kids In Need!

I am a ninth grade English teacher passionate about getting students to read more. Kids in Need was great. Their application process was straightforward and to the point.

I was very happy after receiving the reward, and I was even more pleased that Kids in Need treated me as a professional. I was able to purchase the items my students needed without losing months of possible instruction.

Kids in Need Foundation helps educators provide students with learning materials that make the curriculum more comprehensive. Their donation helped expose 120 second grade students to a Frog Unit. Though the unit students learned and saw a frog's life cycle, students learned about animal camouflage, and students learned about measurement. Without the help of the foundation our students would've simply read a book about frogs' life cycle. The donation helped bring science to life, excitement to reading, and fun to measurement. Thanks for giving our students a positive experience.

The students loved sharing their time with our pet gerbil GEO. We have used him in the classroom as a tool for observation. We are currently comparing him to other small animals.
Next we will be dissecting owl pellets and discovering the predator prey relationship.
Since the students are now fond of GEO it will be interesting to hear their reactions when we discover he could easily be consumed for supper.
Thanks for making this a truly valuable learning experience for my students.

Thank you so much for funding 5 digital cameras that will prompt our students to view the world from a different perspective via photography and express their creative thinking through writing.

The Penny Hawk Foundation made the process of purchasing and implemeting this idea refreshingly easy and uncumbersome. I was able to use a small business here in town who not only gave us a wonderful deal , but also agreed to come in and share some photography advice. Your gererous funding will continue to serve our studetns and teachers, as we learn more about the power of photography and the effects of putting that power into the hands of our students.

Thank you Kids in Need Foundation for your support of my junior high history class. With your support, students will be able to access materials that have not been avaliable in the past. This access will be extremely valuable as they embark on their visual timeline journey. Without your support, the project would not have been attempted. Thank you!

I am so impressed with Kids in Need! I received my first grant from them this year. Every step of the process, from application to follow-up, was simple and expediently handled. As contacts go, Penny Hawk is invaluable. The KIN grant has provided my students with a unique and relevant opportunity that they would otherwise never experience. I cannot thank KIN enough for enriching these 18 lives! In addition, I think that the partnership with Elmer's for the Teacher Tool Kit is brilliant. In essence, they have organized a national professional learning community. Sharing these creative projects is exciting; funding them is extraordinary!

I applied and received a grant from KINF in Spring 2011. Among the grants I've applied for from different organizations, KINF was definitely the easiest/most streamlined for the whole process from grant application to receiving funds. KINF truly looks to enhance education among at-risk students, and I'm so thankful for their support of our chemistry project.

I was so excited to receive a grant from Kids in Need. It is hard to get the supplies a teacher needs to expand classroom lessons and try innovative new projects. With the grant, I was able to purchase animal figurines for my students to draw. All of their artwork is hanging in the hall right now, and they have been invited to a community show at Out North and a high school show in conjunction with the theatre and music departments. This is one of their best projects yet! Thanks for making it happen!

I recieved a grant from the Kids in Need Foundation this year. I found the application straight forward and easy to use. The whole process was very stream-lined and worthwhile.

Thanks!

I am a Forensic Science teacher in Texas. With the budget cuts, this is a difficult time to start a new class, but the Kids in Need Grant helped make it possible. The application process was straightforward and easy, which means a lot to a teacher, as we are always short on time.
The check arrived in a format that was easy to work with. I have experience working with activity funds, and this was by far the easiest to deposit and use. Our finance clerk was even impressed!
My project gave the students a chance to make 2-D and 3-D dental impressions, just like it would be done in a crime lab. This helped them practice lab technique and in realizing that not every experiment comes out perfect the first time. It gave them a feel for the amount of time that goes into collecting evidence, comparing it, and drawing conlusions. This hands on experience is crucial to the critical thinking required in higher level science classes, and would not have been possible without KINF.

I am a kindergarten teacher and due to tight budgets it's been very difficult to introduce new projects or expand learning opportunities. I was so thrilled to receive a Kids In Need Grant from the VIA Credit Union so that my kindergarten students could do a project with their 5th grade reading buddies.
I was especially glad that the grant check was made out to me personally so that I could go out, buy the supplies, and start the project knowing that I would be reinbursed.
Thanks so much for the great opportunity you gave to my students!

Of all the grants I have recieved this was truly the most simple practical application and distribution process I have seen. I hope such grants will continue to be available to classroom teachers, especially when educational funding has all but disappeared!

The Kids in Need Grant process was quick, user-friendly, and smooth! Moreover, I was notified at each level of the process: receipt of application, recipient of the award, and receipt of funds. Penny and others communicate well and often, making it easier to apply and more rewarding. My kids are already enjoying and learning with the equipment we received. Thanks, Kids in Need Foundation!

The application process is very easy and the rewards were wonderful for so many people. Our students learned the lesson of giving during the holiday season and many homeless moms received something that they could give their children.

As a harried, public school teacher I really appreciated how easy it was to apply for a grant. Just one page! The Kids in Need Foundation has not only streamlined the application, but the final report is quick and easy too. I was able to apply for the grant, receive notification, receive the money, and implement it all in one school year.

It is hard to say who enjoyed being the recipient of our grant from Kids in Need more, my students or myself. We received the grant in such a timely manner to purchase the supplies we needed to make our memory boxes. The students were thrilled with their boxes and discussed how much this activity helped them with their feelings. We will most certainly look forward to working with Kids in Need Foundation again. This has been such an amazingly positive experience.

This grant helped students ni y special educaiton program profress toward their life skills and vocational goral. THe grant allowed up to combine every day mathmatical skills using a scale with the public service or helping our school to recycle. The students weight the materials that they are collecting and keep tally's and graphs. They are even turning it into a class competition to see which room can recycle the most materials. Thanks so much kinds in need foundation!