Mission: The Teachers’ Closet, Inc. was created to support all teachers in the Oshkosh Area, who are teaching in Non-profit schools by providing them with teaching supplies and materials for themselves and for their students. Our goal is to reach students who need assistance through their teachers and to enrich the school experience for all children in our community’s classrooms.
Geographic areas served: Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Programs: The Teachers' Closet was founded to help teachers obtain supplies for themselves and their students to be used within our community's classrooms. With budget cuts and families struggling to get by, less and less is provided for in our classrooms. Many teachers spend their own money for the supplies their students need to be successful within their classrooms.
The Teachers' Closet partners with other organizations in order to buy those supplies. We also receive monetary donations from private citizens. Donations of goods are also accepted. We have everything from crayons to deodorant to paper to back packs to warm winter hats and mittens to name just a few things. We also fill special requests that teachers might have such as electric pencil sharpeners, student planners, bean bag chairs, etc. We are open two evenings a week and one Saturday a month. The Teachers' Closet is totally run by volunteers and all donated money goes directly to helping teachers and students.
The ladies are always on the look-out for school supplies that are needed in our district. Once they find them, they will contact you to let them know they are in. The Closet is always organized and easy to look through. One of the nicest things is you are limited to how much you take. They provide teachers fun, exciting, and basic resources to help stimulate learning.
This Non Profit is a great resource for Teacher's.
I am so happy to help because Children are the focus. Children benefit directly from this great effort.
I am a first year teacher and I have zero money to spend in the classroom. The teachers closest has been a great help getting all the materials I need to help my students grow.
Teachers offer so much to our communities and we support them in practical ways. The Teacher's Closet provides much needed supplies for area teachers...for free! Help us make their day, not only with supplies, but encouragement that they're not alone in a ever changing professional landscape!
I am an up and coming teacher and was told about the teachers closet. I went to check it out and it had a lot of amazing stuff that I can use now and in the future. For now I only grabbed resource books , but when I have my own classroom I will definitely go back. To top it off the volunteers there were so kind and helpful!
The teachers who get supplies from this nonprofit agency think it is like Christmas morning. This agency shows support for the dedicated teachers in Oshkosh, Omro & Winneconne and also helps low income students and their families.
The overhead for this agency is almost non-existent, so any monies donated go directly to purchasing supplies.
Target demographics: low income students and their teachers
Direct beneficiaries per year: 500 teachers in 3 cities
Geographic areas served: Oshkosh, Omro and Winneconne WI
Programs: free school and classroom supplies to any teacher from preschool through high school, both public and parochial, /we have an average of 500 teacher visits for supplies every school year.
TheTeachersClosetOshkosh 07/23/2014
There is NO limit to what you can take. If you can use it, it is yours!