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15 08, 2024

Love in the form of a wobble stool.

  Dear Friends, The last six weeks have been a whirlwind: we have served 1,081 individual teachers, giving away $393,195.25 in resources and supplies. What I love best about these numbers, is that behind every item, every teacher, every classroom, there is a story. The email I received this week from Ingrid Murray tells such

24 05, 2024

An A+ Year: $1.7 million invested in teachers and kids, because of you!

Dear Friends, I am so very thankful for this wonderful community of supporters and friends. This school year, you have helped us give away $1.7 million in high-quality supplies, resources and lesson materials to thousands of teachers and kids in our public schools. Every pencil, every science kit, every water bottle, every glue stick,

31 12, 2023

A Thank You Note from our Executive Director, Alison Kling

Dear Friends of Free 2 Teach, I hope you are enjoying a wonderful holiday season with your family and friends! Just a few days ago we shared about the high cost of copy paper and our focus on providing this vital resource for teachers each month when they shop with us. Thank you to everyone

10 04, 2023

The Free 2 Teach Fellowship launches with aim to train the next generation of nonprofit leaders, carrying on the legacy of late co-founder, Eula Battle

Huntsville, Ala, April 2023 – Free 2 Teach, a local nonprofit that supports public school teachers and students with school supplies, today announced the launch of The Free 2 Teach Fellowship, a leadership program embedded in their organization to train and equip the next generation of nonprofit leaders. Fellows will support the organizations’ day-to-day operations

14 12, 2022

Free 2 Teach gives away $10 Million in supplies in its 11-year history

Huntsville, Ala, December 2022 – Free 2 Teach announced today that they have given away $10 million in supplies since opening the nonprofit in 2011. This milestone is made possible through generous donations, thousands of volunteer hours and years of dedication from the entire community to support teachers. The supplies and resources given away have

26 10, 2022

Free 2 Teach receives $75,000 donation from the Madison County Commission

Free 2 Teach announced today a $75,000 donation from the Madison County Commission, the largest single gift in the nonprofit’s 11-year history. This significant donation will be used to further the mission of Free 2 Teach to support Madison County public school teachers with supplies and resources for their students and classrooms. In

17 11, 2021

For Free 2 Teach, Every Week is Teacher Appreciation Week!Rea

Read about our recent changes: teachers can shop every month and our new scanner system allows for a simplified and streamlined shopping experience for volunteers and teachers. To date we have supported 1,433 and we are on track to double that number. Huntsville, AL November 2021 – With the launch of Alabama’s Teacher Appreciation Week