ORLANDO, Fla. – News 6 is once again teaming up with A Gift for Teaching to help Central Florida families, students and teachers.
A Gift for Teaching is Central Florida’s primary provider of free school supplies to teachers and students in Orange and Osceola counties.
We want to make sure that every child has a chance to succeed and that teachers don’t have to pay out of their own pocket to assist our students. That’s why News 6, Dunkin and BFARR Contracting partnered with A Gift for Teaching to provide students with the tools they need.
Here’s how you can help:
- Start a supply drive: You can either start one as an individual or as an organization. Invite family and friends to join or create friendly competition between company teams. Those interested can start a physical or virtual supply drive and donate at www.AGiftforTeaching.org/supplydrive.
- Collect the top six essentials: No. 2 pencils, dry-erase markers, notebooks (composition or spiral), block erasers and loose-leaf paper. Click here to learn more.
- Donate: For every $1 received, A Gift For Teaching can provide up to $10 worth of supplies to teachers and their students. Callers had the option to join and donate during our WKMG News 6 on-air telethon with just a simple call to our volunteers. Donations were eligible to be doubled on telethon day by matching funders. Alternatively, you can donate at www.AGiftforTeaching.org/telethon.
News 6′s on-air telethon on Thursday managed to raise more than $61,000. Through matching grants, A Gift For Teaching says that comes out to over $610,000 in school supplies for students in Orange and Osceola counties.
There are still some online donations to be counted, so that figure could grow even higher.
And as always, you can donate at any time online at agiftforteaching.org.
Since 1998, the Central Florida community has helped AGFT distribute more than $163.9 million in supplies, including pencils, books, backpacks, art supplies, clothing, and hygiene items, to teachers and students.