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In honor of May’s Teacher Appreciation Month, SONIC Drive-In’s SONIC Foundation donated $1.5 million to match all public contributions made to requests on DonorsChoose, a national nonprofit that allows individuals to donate directly to public school classroom requests submitted by teachers.
As part of SONIC’s ongoing Limeades for Learning initiative, the $1.5 million donation matched 50 percent of each donation made to all teacher requests. SONIC helped fully fund nearly 15,300 projects from teachers and schools across the country including six exceptional teachers in Homestead who received a combined donation of $308 from SONIC.
The following are among the exceptional teachers who received funding:
• Ms. Walker at Avocado Elementary School for the project “Evolving All My Skills Keeps Me Prepared To Learn!” for grades PreK-2;
Mr. Teixidor at Everglades Preparatory Academy for the project “Baseball Team Equipment” for grades 6-8;
Mrs. Dixon at Homestead Senior High School for the project “Luggage Of Love and Literacy” for grades 9-12;
• Ms. Dahl at Homestead Senior High School for the project “James L. Medina Copy and Print Enterprise” for grades 9-12;
Ms. Primov at Somerset Preparatory Academy – Homestead for the project “Learning in First Grade” for grades PreK-2, and
Dr. Jacqueline Torres-Quinones at South Dade Senior High School for the project “Revitalizing Reading Readiness” for grades 9-12
“SONIC is invested in supporting the local communities served by our more than 3,500 locations, and we’re proud of the impact we’ve made over the past 14 years through Limeades for Learning,” said Lori Abou Habib, chief marketing officer of SONIC. “We’re grateful to all the SONIC guests who joined us in celebrating teachers this month by donating to a classroom request on DonorsChoose, and those who continue to help us support public education by grabbing their favorite SONIC drink and having a portion of the purchase go towards helping a nearby public school.”
Through the SONIC Limeades for Learning initiative, the brand donates a portion of proceeds from every drink, slush and shake purchase to the SONIC Foundation, which is used to support local public education. Since 2009, SONIC has donated more than $26 million to funding local classrooms, becoming one of the largest programs to support public education in the U.S.
Visit www.DonorsChoose.org and donate to one or more of the thousands of public school teacher requests seeking support to provide students with educational resources.
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