$40K Educational payday! Donors Choose requests fully funded by BJ’s Wholesale

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MANCHESTER, NH – The teacher’s rooms were buzzing Monday across the district after all of the Donor’s Choose teacher project requests were fully funded, a gift from BJ’s Wholesale Club Charitable Foundation, which has opened a new location in Manchester, on John Devine Drive.

“BJ’s is proudly fully funding every project in Manchester because we believe that every child deserves to have the resources they need to learn and grow,” read a post by the business on the Donor’s Choose page underneath a request by Hillside science teacher Elizabeth Hendel for 30 Chromebooks, at a cost of $6,293.67.

A similar request by Central High School special education teacher Cheryl Franco was also fully funded. She was looking for $2,161.69 to cover the cost of 14 Chromebooks.

They are all now on their way.

From glue, scissors and sticky notes, to wireless microphones and other equipment for Hillside’s drama troupe, you can see more fulfilled requests here.

Franco explained on the site, used by teachers around the country to fund projects their school district cannot afford, that Central’s diverse student population includes “students from over sixty countries and more than eighty different languages. Our students come from various backgrounds and face many challenges in and out of school.”

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“When writing a paragraph on the Chromebook, or answering comprehension questions, students will be able to focus on their ideas and not the quality of their penmanship.

With Chromebooks, I will continue to support lessons that meet the needs of all learners and offer my students a better means of engaging in the classroom and achieving their potential in the 21st Century classroom.”

The $40,000 donation from the BJ’s Charitable Foundation fulfilled 36 classroom projects in Manchester, benefiting more than 2,118 local students.

“Every teacher and student should have the resources they need,” said Kirk Saville, executive director of the BJ’s Charitable Foundation. “At BJ’s, we’re committed to helping families thrive by providing essentials to students and teachers, and we’re thrilled to fund all DonorsChoose.org projects in Manchester.”

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