On average, teachers spend about $500 of their own money on supplies for their classroom and students.
Last week a team of nearly 60 AT&T employees partnered with RAFT, or Resource Area for Teaching to help shape the future of education by recycling materials into activity kits, including “Hovercrafts” for Denver-area teachers to use in classrooms.
Each kit contains step-by-step instructions, list of materials needed, and explanation of academic principles and resources. Remaining kits to be assembled at local AT&T retail locations. RAFT will donate 400 kits to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver this spring.
RAFT provides teachers with the resources they need to make hand-on learning happen. For more than seven years, RAFT has supported education initiatives. They currently serve more than 3,600 teachers, and impact more than 250,000 students in the greater Denver area, by supplying them with recycled educational materials.
RAFT has diverted more than 175,000 cubic feet, (approximately 90 truckloads of material), from landfills. RAFT collaborates with Colorado businesses, community members, and education organizations to provide teachers with affordable tools, ideas, and learning experiences to inspire the next generation of thinkers, innovators, problem-solvers, and creators.