School Supplies

Post-Disasters, These Classrooms Need Help: What You Can Do

James Rosenberg | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Miami, Adopt-a-Classroom, School Supplies, Officemax, Help Henryville, Donations, Midwest Tornadoes, Charity, Impact News

Imagine you arrive at work one day and your boss tells you that the office supplies you need to do your job (e.g., paper, pens, even your computer) mu...

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Phillies Star Donates $1.2 Million To Local Schools

AP | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: School Supplies, Video, School Athletes, High School Sports, High Schools, School Sports, Leroy Nunery, Ryan Howard Donation, School Food, Ryah Howard Family Foundation, School Athletics, Adidas, Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Superintendent, Ryan Howard, Adidas Sportswear, High School Athletes, Education News

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Phillies star Ryan Howard is helping local students dress for success – in athletics. The first baseman annou...

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Budget Cuts Hobble Schools In New York And Nationwide

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Education News, School Supplies, New York City Department of Education, Education, Budget Cuts, Science Class, Education Recession, Michael Mulgrew, Education Reform, Schools, P.S. 1, Recession, Education News

NEW YORK -- By the end of this year, Seung Lee, a science teacher at lower Manhattan's P.S. 1, expects to have spent $500 from his own pocket on schoo...

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Cause Marketing Guru Bob Thacker Is Ready for the Day After A Day Made Better

Joe Waters | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Adopt-a-Classroom, Cause Marketing, School Supplies, Cause Marketing Campaigns, Teacher Funded Classrooms, School Supply Donations, Impact News

Last Tuesday, A Day Made Better celebrated its fifth anniversary by surprising 1,000 teachers across the country with $1,000 in school supplies. The program is working to address a serious issue: teacher-funded classrooms.

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Green Backpacks For School

Inhabitat | Posted 10.13.2011

Read More: Backpacks, School Supplies, Green Living, Back to School, Green News

Nothing says back-to-school like the sight of excited kids with their backpacks heading off to the bus stop. We've rounded up six great backpack optio...

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Hot for Back to School 2011

Jane Buckingham | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Back-to-School, Fashion Trends, Back to School, School Supplies, Back to School Supplies, Los Angeles News

Forget just stuffing your locker with a sticky sweatshirt and boring textbooks. From wallpaper to a hanging chandelier, now you can design a locker you'd practically want to live in!

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10 Fun School Supplies To Add To Your List

Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: School Supplies, Cool School Supplies, Parents-Back-to-School, High School Supplies, School Shopping, Fun School Supplies, Kids School Supply List, Back to School, Parents News

Yes, yes, we all know glue, No. 2 pencils and composition books are on back to school supply lists, but there are plenty of other gadgets, tools and...

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16 States To Host Tax Free Back To School Shopping

The Huffington Post | Laura Stampler | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: School Supplies, Back to School Shopping, Parents-Back-to-School, School Clothes, Tax on Back to School Supplies, Sales Tax Holidays, Sales Tax, Parents News

The words tax and holiday have very different connotations. This August, however, 16 states will be celebrating sales tax holidays -- right in tim...

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10 Cool Functional Backpacks We're Loving

Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Kids Backpacks, School Supplies, Kid Fashions, Parents-Back-to-School, School Shopping, Back Packs, Teens, Slidepollajax, Bags for School, Tweens, School Backpacks, Bookbags, Back to School, Parents News

The days of lugging books, papers, homework and supplies back and forth to school in a beat up old bag are over, our friends. Today's backpacks for ...

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The Exchange: Why School Supplies Matter

Kalon Gutierrez | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Backpacks, Social Change, Design, Impact, School Supplies, Social Entrepreneurship, One for One Products, Social Entrepreneurship Companies, Impact News

The revelation came near the end of the trip, as Luis realized that at every school and orphanage he visited, children lacked backpacks and supplies. Luis vowed to help change these circumstances.

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Groupon, CPS Partner To Give Away School Supplies

Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: School Supplies, Chicago Public Schools, Groupon, Groupon CPS, Chicago, Illinois, CPS School Supplies, Groupon School Supplies, Good News, Chicago Impact, Chicago News

One of Chicago's most exciting new start-ups is partnering with its home town to help out low-income public school students. The daily-deal site Gr...

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Back-To-School Shoppers Plan To Stay Thrifty

Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: First Day of School, School Supplies, Back to School Shopping, High School, Elementary School, Middle School, College, Back to School, Parents-Back-to-School, Video, Business News

NEW YORK (Dhanya Skariachan) - Almost two-thirds of U.S. shoppers plan to spend the same or less this back-to-school season as last year, a survey...

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School Supply Giveaway Contest

Marc Joseph | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: School Supply Giveaway, School Supply Contest, Non Profits, School Shoppin, School Supplies, Dollardays, Impact News

During these recessionary times, to support the causes needed to sustain our American society, all of us, whether you are a business or an individual, need to dig just a little deeper to help.

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Notes From Uganda: A Win, Win, Win for Kids!

Vivian Glyck | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: School Supplies, Just Like My Child, Uganda, Uganda Schools, Vulnerable Children, Orphans, Impact News

Over in Uganda, the interconnectedness of children comes into full relief. They're not just getting school supplies, they're learning about what's happening on the other side of the world.

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Calif. Student Sends Thousands Of Books To Liberia, Gets School Named After Her

Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Textbooks, School Supplies, Donation, Liberia, Sacramento, Casey Robbins, Mira Loma High School, Philanthropy, Charity, Video, Education News

This past President's Break, high schooler Casey Robbins went to Liberia. The purpose of her trip: to visit the school that was named after her. Robb...

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WATCH: African Kids Lack Shockingly Basic Necessity

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msnbc, The Last Word, Video, Kind, Lawrence O'Donnell, Unicef, Malawi, Malawi School Desks, School Supplies, Impact News

"The Last Word" host Lawrence O'Donnell went to Malawi this summer to help a classroom -- and raise awareness about an acute problem plaguing children...

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I'll Gladly pay you Tuesday for Some Copy Paper Today

Lee Kolbert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Supplies, Elementary Teachers, Education, California, Elementary School, Teachers, Public Education, Education Funding, School Funding, Education News

Teachers have always spent their own money on classroom items. Yet, I don't know of any other job where people do this.

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California Teachers Pay Out Of Pocket For Classroom Supplies

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Teachers, School Supplies, Teachers, School Budget Cuts, Education News

To secure writing materials for her classroom, Sandi Sidor is willing to jump through a lot of hoops these days. Make that throw: "I will toss beanba...

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Book Rescue Organization Dumpster Dives To Stock School Shelves

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scarce Book Rescue, School Supplies, Education, Dumpster Diving, Book Rescue, School Budget Cuts, Kay McKeen, Scarce, Video, Impact News

For some struggling schools, the nonprofit organization SCARCE is a lifesaver. The organization finds books and other much-needed supplies in an unlik...

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Folsom Prison Inmates Pack School Supplies For Needy Kids

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Underprivileged Children, School Supplies, Education, Poor Children, Folsom Prison, Folsom-California, Video, Impact News

Behind bars at California's Folsom Prison, inmates are giving back to local communities by packing donated school supplies for children. One inmate, ...

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Take Action To Help A Homeless Child Get Ready For Back To School

National Coalition For The Homeless | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeless, School Supplies, Homeless Students, Homeless Youth, Homeless Children, Homelessness, National Coalition for the Homeless, Back to School, Impact News

Here's one practical tip: If you have school-aged child, chances are, in the next couple of weeks, you'll be buying a ton of "Back to School" supplies...

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Help Another Kid

Olivia Oldham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Project Back to School, School Supplies, Education, Homeless Children, Back to School Supplies, Olivia Oldham, Coalition for the Homeless, Impact News

I'm so excited for the new school year: the most brilliant feeling is when I step into Staples and smell the scent of fresh notebooks and pencils. But many kids in homeless shelters don't know this feeling of excitement.

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Staples And DoSomething.org Team For Massive School Supply Campaign

Posted 05.25.2011

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For the third year in a row, online action site DoSomething.org has teamed up with Staples for the Do Something 101 School Supply Drive. To participa...

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$6.7 Billion Per Month In Afghanistan: Other Ways We Could Spend That Money

HuffPost | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Supplies, Afghanistan War, Mosquito Nets, Eradicate Malaria, Iraq War, Hunger in America, Veteran Health Care, Slidepollajax, Feeding America, $6.7 Billion Per Month, Iraq War Cost, Afghanistan War Cost, Veterans, Impact News

U.S. spending on the war in Afghanistan has now exceeded the cost of the war in Iraq for the first time since 2003. According to USA Today, we now spe...

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