Free 2 Teach celebrates its opening for 25-26 school year with a gift of $80,000 from Landers McLarty Subaru
Free 2 Teach celebrated its opening for the 2025-2026 school year with a special gift of $80,000 from Landers McClarty Subaru as part of the Subaru Share the Love campaign. This is the second largest donation in the organization’s history. At the opening shop, the free store welcomed 135 teachers and made the announcement with […]
Introducing Free 2 Play: Purposeful Play for Every Classroom
At Free 2 Teach, we support teachers in their work to create joyful, positive classroom environments where every student can learn and thrive. That’s why we’re proud to launch our newest program: Free 2 Play, a joyful extension of our mission that equips educators with the tools they need to bring play into the heart of learning. […]
Robert Bailey book talk to benefit Free 2 Teach
We are pleased to announce an evening with Wall Street Journal best-selling author, Robert Bailey to benefit Free 2 Teach! Join us on July 24th for a talk on his latest book, Boomerang, and a chance to meet and connect about his legal thrillers and more. The mastermind behind this brilliant evening is Mellissa Meeks […]
Free 2 Teach announces $30,000 Steelcase Foundation grant to support Limestone County Expansion
June 2025 – Free 2 Teach announced a significant contribution from the Steelcase Foundation of $30,000 to support their growth to serve Limestone County. The funding will support the recently announced expansion to open the educational supply store to teachers and staff in an additional 20 schools in Athens City Schools and Limestone County Schools. […]
After School Bash to support teachers with school supplies needed to equip students
May 8, 2025 HUNTSVILLE, AL – The Huntsville Police Department (HPD) and local nonprofit Free 2 Teach are teaming up once again – this time for the After School Bash, a community-wide celebration designed to support public school teachers with the supplies they need to equip students. Set for Saturday, June 7, from 4-8 p.m. at Big […]
The Fill Carts, Fill Classrooms Challenge
This April, The EZBO Foundation will match your gift to Free 2 Teach up to $10,000! Meet Elaine and Michael Gutenstein – education enthusiasts who are deeply committed to giving back to our community. Several years ago, their daughter who has children in Huntsville City Schools, introduced the couple to Free 2 Teach, an organization […]
Free 2 Teach Announces Expansion
The education nonprofit announces that teachers and school staff across Limestone County’s two public school systems will now have access to the free teacher resource center. Athens, Ala – Free 2 Teach demonstrated its love for teachers today at a Valentine’s Day press conference, announcing that teachers and school staff across Limestone County’s two public […]
A year of joy for our teachers and students: thank you for an amazing 2024!
Dear Friends, It was such a joyful year for us at Free 2 Teach, working alongside so many of you to invest in teachers and public school children in classrooms across our community. Your support of teachers equips them in their work to ensure that every child has access to not only an equitable education […]
Love in the form of a wobble chair.
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 morning from Ingrid Murray tells such a […]
