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% 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 Eupora who received a combined donation of $290 from SONIC.
These exceptional Eupora Elementary School teachers received funding:
• Mrs. Garrett for the project "Books for Bookworms!" for Grades 3-5
• Mrs. Pruitt for the project "Light Experiments" for Grades 3-5
• Mrs. Pruitt for the project "Owls in the Classroom" for Grades 3-5
• Mrs. Reed-Wood for the project "Science-It's Like Magic, but Real!" for Grades 3-5
• Mrs. Smith for the project "Flexible Learning" for Grades 3-5
• Mrs. Teer for the project "Clothes Closet Organization" for Grades 3-5
• Ms. Allen for the project "Work, Erase, Repeat" for Grades 3-5
"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 United States
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.
