Donation List from Teacher Appreciation Week

Donation Announcement and Other Shout Outs! 

This year, teachers have had to adapt to constant change. And now that teachers are in the final year-end sprint, we know they’re still doing it every day. We so love our teachers! So in early May, we organized a drawing for three lucky teachers to win a free membership to Seasonal Roots (usually $50) and a $100 credit toward fresh veggies, fruits, dairy, eggs, meat and more from Seasonal Roots.

Knowing how much teachers care about kids, we also asked them to nominate their favorite kid-related cause to receive a Seasonal Roots donation. After randomly selecting our three teacher winners, we randomly selected one of the teacher-approved organizations.

And the winner is:
REACH OUT & READ VIRGINIA!!!

We’re excited to donate and support their great work! Reach Out & Read Virginia believes all families should have the tools and information they need to make reading aloud a daily routine. They help integrate reading into pediatric practices, advise families about the importance of reading with their children, and share books that serve as a catalyst for healthy childhood development.

Check out all these worthy charities that were nominated by our local teachers!

• Any foster care organization
  https://www.causeiq.com/directory/foster-care-systems-list/virginia-state/
• Autism Speaks
  https://www.autismspeaks.org
  Focuses on creating a kinder, more inclusive world for people with autism.
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Fairfax area
  https://bgcgw.org
  Helps children build confidence and acquire the skills necessary to become responsible adults.
• Carry the Future
  https://carrythefuture.org
  Fills in the gaps by providing clean diapers, baby beds, newborn supplies, hygiene kits, and more.
• CHKD Hospital
  https://www.chkd.org
  Provides children’s healthcare services.
• Cleft Smile
  https://www.cleftsmile.org/
  Provides support, education, advocacy, and research for those whose lives are touched by cleft lip and/or palate and other craniofacial anomalies, worldwide.
• Colby’s Ride
  https://www.facebook.com/Colbys-Ride-828614823924773/
  This non-profit was created to celebrate the life of the young cousin of one of our teachers, who died at age 11, by providing bikes to underserved children in Northern Virginia.
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
  https://www.cff.org
  Funds research and drug development and advances high-quality, specialized car with the goal of finding a cure for cystic fibrosis and providing people with CF the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives.
• Feeding America
  https://www.feedingamerica.org
  Works to end hunger in the U.S.
• I Need a Lighthouse
  https://www.ineedalighthouse.org
  A depression and suicide education and awareness program.
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
  https://www.jdrf.org
  Funds research on type 1 diabetes (which usually begins in childhood) and advocates for new treatments and therapies.
• Kids Kare
  http://www.kareforkids.org/about.html
• Lost Dog and Cat
  https://www.lostdogrescue.org
  Helps homeless pets find their way into loving homes through rescue and adoption.
• Loudoun Literacy Council
  https://loudounliteracy.org
  Teaches English communication skills and provides literacy resources to empower low-income adults and children to become self-sufficient and confident in their ability to achieve their personal and professional goals.
• Make a Wish
  https://wish.org
  Provides hope for children with critical illness.
• Military Children Advocacy
  https://www.militaryonesource.mil/family-relationships/family-life/preventing-abuse-neglect/the-family-advocacy-program/
  Provides services to prevent/respond to domestic abuse, child abuse and neglect, and problematic sexual behavior in children and youth. They don’t take donations but you can help raise awareness of their services.
• No Kid Hungry
  https://www.nokidhungry.org
  Committed to ending childhood hunger in the U.S.
• Northern Virginia Family Services Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
  https://www.scanva.org/casa/
  Helps children who have been removed from their homes and provide them with an advocate in court.
• Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
  https://nvrc.org
  Empowers deaf and hard of hearing people and their families through education, advocacy, and community involvement.
• Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program
  https://www.nvtrp.org
  Provides equine-assisted activities to people with disabilities, youth-at-risk, recovering military personnel, and others in need.
• Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
  https://www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org
  Introduces remembrance photography to parents suffering the loss of a baby with a free gift of professional portraiture.
• Pure Hands
  www.purehands.org
  Helps alleviate poverty, provide economic opportunities, and deliver emergency relief in Yemen.
• Reading is Fundamental
  https://www.rif.org/
  Inspires a passion for reading among all children, providing quality content and engaging communities to give every child the fundamentals for success.
• Ronald McDonald House
  https://www.rmhc.org
  Supports families around the world who need access to medical care.
• Ryan Bartel Foundation
  https://www.ryanbartelfoundation.org
  Works to prevent youth suicide through awareness, upstream educational programs, and activities that support and empower youth, families and the community.
• Smile Train
  https://www.smiletrain.org
  Provides training, funding, and resources to empower local medical professionals in 70+ countries to provide 100%-free cleft surgery and cleft care.
• So Others Might Eat
  https://www.some.org
  Fights poverty and homelessness.
• Special Olympics
  https://www.specialolympicsva.org
  Promotes inclusion, so that every person is accepted and welcomed regardless of ability or disability.
• Spread the Love Foundation
  https://spreadthelovefoundation.com
  Strives to prevent teen suicide by educating students and adults on mental illness, which is the root cause of both suicide and addiction.
• St. Baldricks
  https://www.stbaldricks.org
  Supports the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives.
• St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital
  https://www.stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html
  Helped to push childhood cancer survival rate from 20 % to 80%. Families that receive care from St. Jude never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing, or food.
• Stand for the Silent
  https://standforthesilent.org
  Brings awareness to bullying and the real devastation it causes.
• Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN)
  https://grscan.com
  Works to prevent and treat child abuse/ neglect, promoting positive parenting, strengthening families.
• The Foodbank of SEVA
  https://foodbankonline.org/about-us/
  Works to eliminate hunger in our community.
• The School of Performing Arts in the Richmond Community
  https://www.sparcrichmond.org
  A community-based youth performing arts education organization.
• To Write Love on Her Arms
  https://twloha.com
  Builds hope and finds help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide.
• Weekend Backpack Program
  https://feedmore.org/how-we-help/weekend-backpacks/
  Provides children who don’t have enough to eat with nutritious, easy-to-prepare food at times when other resources are not available.

Other causes that teachers care about:

• Youth civic engagement
• Child trafficking
• Youth sports coaching
• Ending childhood obesity