Treasures 4 Teachers

Treasures 4 Teachers aims to reach as many teachers in the greater Phoenix Metropolitan area as possible. After that, our goal is to continue expanding and eventually reach teachers in all of Arizona! But, to be honest, our 'big dream' is to have affiliates in every single state where the help is needed; and as of now, that seems to be all of them. So far we have already expanded to a second location serving educators in the West Valley, and an affiliate site serving Tucson.

Treasures 4 Teachers currently has a mobile program called "T4T on Wheels" where we go around to local schools and speak to the teachers about what T4T is, and how we are there to help. During our presentation to the school, we give out free school supplies directly to teachers as a small example of what we are able to provide them access to. We have heard from many of the teachers that this really saves them time and money, and gets them the supplies that their classrooms are most in need of.

While T4T on Wheels is our main source of outreach, we do continue to look at other opportunities to reach as many teachers as possible. We attend many local outreach events that are geared towards educators, and provide on-site workshops and teacher training sessions as well.

Treasures 4 Teachers' success thus far can be contributed largely to our wonderful donors and partners that provide the necessary funding and supplies. Not to mention our over 150 individual volunteers, and large group volunteers that help keep our organization running!
Recently we had a school district provide us with in-kind space in the West Valley for us to open a new location. This has been monumental growth for our organization, and has extended our reach tremendously!

But, like all non-profit organizations, funding really is the key to our capabilities. But, as long as we can continue to get support from the community in way of both funding and donated supplies, Treasures 4 Teachers will continue our efforts of providing free and low-cost supplies to any educator willing to make the trip to visit us!

So far we have been able to reach approximately 4,500 teachers and 135,000 students this past year alone! And we anticipate those numbers to continue growing with the new addition of our West Valley location in June 2019.

As for 'what's next', we are really hoping for a mobile unit (a Cargo Van pulling a Trailer) to be funded so that we can literally 'take this show on the road'!. We know that time, travel, and money are the 3 main obstacles that are keeping teachers from getting the supplies they need for their classroom. With this mobile unit, we can hopefully double, and maybe even triple, our reach. But none of this can be achieved without help!