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LeapFrog Partners with DonorsChoose.org and Offers Great Giveaway!

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Besides making incredible educational products, one of the main reasons why I love working with LeapFrog is their commitment to teachers and education.  Since 2009, LeapFrog has donated more than $1.5 million in Tag Reading Systems and books to the classrooms of more than 20,000 students.  Our local elementary school has benefitted from donations of Tags and I’m pleased to say that very soon, the fifth remaining kindergarten classroom will receive a set of Tags and books for their beginning readers!

 

A commitment that began two years ago continues.  LeapFrog is paving the way for others to help thousands more children to learn to read with Tag™ by bringing $100,000 total in Tag Readers and books to classrooms in need.  LeapFrog has donated $50,000 and will match donations dollar for dollar up to $50,000.
 
For their first program of 2012, LeapFrog is partnering with DonorsChoose.org, a classroom charity organization where teachers submit project ideas that they hope will be funded by your donations, to help teachers who want Tag Readers and books for their classroom. 
As a former teacher and parent, I love DonorsChoose.org because it is incredibly easy to use and by donating to a project, I can select the project that I feel is worthwhile and give with confidence knowing that my tax deductible donation is doing directly to the teacher requesting funds. There’s no middleman and no administrative fees being skimmed off the top. Instead, every penny of my donation goes directly into the grateful hands of a teacher who uses the money to fund an educational project.
 
If you aren’t familiar with DonorsChoose.org, here’s how to get started:
  1. Use the search fields on the left to search by state or keyword to find a project that interests you;
  2. Find proposals from classroom teachers that list the exact materials that are needed to fund their project;
  3. Select a project and donate to help bring resources to students in struggling classrooms;
  4. Donate!

GIVEAWAY: In honor of their new partnership with DonorsChoose.org, LeapFrog is giving one very lucky reader a Tag Reader, set of 6 Tag books, and a $25 gift card to support a teacher through DonorsChoose.org!

 
TO ENTER: Visit DonorsChoose.org and see if there is a teacher in your child’s school who is requesting funding for a project.  Leave a link to the project you would help fund if you won! It doesn’t have to be for a teacher in your school!  (1 entry)
 
For extra entries, complete the above and do any of the following:
  • Share one way a favorite LeapFrog product helps your child learn.  Include the name of the product and your email address or Twitter handle with your entry. (1 entry)
  • Tweet this daily and come back to leave a comment that includes the link to your Tweet:  Win a @LeapFrog Tag Reader, set of Tag books & $25 GC to @DonorsChoose 2 support a teacher from @TechSavvyMama: www.techsavvymama.com (1 entry/day)
 
Fine print:  Winner will be selected on Friday, March 1 from all eligible entries and has 24 hours to respond with full name, U.S. mailing address, and phone number for shipping purposes or another winner will be selected.  Visit the official sweepstakes rules for the full list of terms and conditions.
 
I was provided with a Tag Reader and a set of books for our school’s kindergarten classroom and was given a DonorsChoose.org gift card to help fund a classroom project in exchange for this post.  No additional compensation was received and all opinions are my own.  Amazon affiliate links are contained in this post. 

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  4. Kevin E says

    My twins love the Tag Reader. They like to follow along with the story and also do the activities. ( I would donate the Tag Reader to my daughters school if I won this!)

    kjmaje(at)gmail(dot)com

  14. traci smith says

    i would donate to
    Mr. Lanier who needs 100 flash drives for his students to store thier work on, its all to easy to lose work on a computer , if it crashes or gets a virus, this way they have it stored