Woodbridge-area teachers receive funding through Limeades for Learning

By: Press release | InsideNova
Published: October 23, 2010

Thanks to SONIC customers, several local public school teachers now have the resources they need for their classroom and to inspire students to learn. These teachers are recent recipients of grants from SONIC’s Limeades for Learning program, in which SONIC donated more than half a million dollars in 2010 to public school teachers across the country for classroom supplies and materials.

Limeades for Learning stems from SONIC’s partnership with DonorsChoose.org, a nonprofit that helps public school educators find resources for classroom projects they wouldn’t have funding for otherwise.

“As school budgets continue to shrink, teachers are forced to dip more and more into their personal funds to provide supplies for their students and classrooms. SONIC customers voted on the teachers’ project and we thank them for making these grants possible in the Woodbridge area,” said Cathy Harrell, regional vice president of Sonic Drive-In. “These local teachers now have supplies to inspire their students to learn and really make a difference in their classroom. We look forward to helping thousands of more teachers through this program.”

The following local schools received funding through Limeades for Learning:

» Potomac View Elementary School in Woodbridge, Project: I Understand Now!, $516.26

» Fitzgerald Elementary School in Dale City, Project: Seeing is Worth Believing!!!, $600

» Fitzgerald Elementary School in Dale City, Project: Green Thumbs + Growing Kids A Healthy World!, $600

» Fitzgerald Elementary School in Dale City, Project: Unlocking the World Through Books, $517.34

» Fitzgerald Elementary School in Dale City, Project: Virginia is for History Lovers, $464.98

These teachers are just a few of the more than 1,500 teachers who received supplies they requested for their classroom as a result of being a top-voted project on LimeadesforLearning.com.

Teacher projects are used to help inspire learning in the classroom and range from computers needed for science labs to basketballs for gym class. To date SONIC has donated more than $1 million to more than 3,000 teachers across the country through Limeades for Learning over the past two years.

For more information on Limeades for Learning and how teachers, students and customers can get involved, please visit LimeadesforLearning.com.

— Press release