To honor the creative efforts teachers have made to maneuver their ever-shifting learning environments and keep students engaged this past year, SONIC® Drive-In donated $1.5 million to teacher requests on national education nonprofit site DonorsChoose on Teacher Appreciation Day, May 4.
As part of SONIC's ongoing Limeades for Learning initiative, the $1.5 million donation helped fund more than 7,000 teacher requests across the country in need of critical resources, including a teacher in Akron, Ind., who received a combined donation of $171, according to a news release from SONIC.
On Teacher Appreciation Day, the brand matched 50% of each donation made to all teacher requests on DonorsChoose. The following exceptional teacher received funding: Mrs. Olson at Tippecanoe Valley Middle School for the project "Engaging Summer Fun.”
Through Limeades for Learning, SONIC has donated more than $19 million to public school teachers, helping more than 36,000 teachers and impacting nearly 7.4 million students in public schools nationwide since 2009. Visit LimeadesforLearning.com to learn about future funding opportunities and explore public school teacher requests in the Akron community in need of support.
