Since 2021, Crayons to Classrooms has distributed over 7,430 pocket hugs to local teachers, helping students self-soothe and concentrate during class.
The AES Ohio Foundation's grant will be used to enhance and expand C2C’s main program to provide supplies to teachers in AES service areas.
The Troy Foundation awarded $4500 to Crayons to Classrooms to serve teachers and students in need at Forest Elementary and Heywood Elementary in Troy, Ohio.
At C2C's second annual Book Give Back event, 149 Miami Valley teachers took 13,392 books back to their classrooms and students.
Last month, Crayons to Classrooms and Elements IV, a local office furniture company, gifted new desk chairs to 4 Miami Valley teachers.
Crayons to Classrooms is thankful for AES Foundation, the charitable arm of AES Restaurant Group, for their generous donation of $16,238.55.
"...I had a student come to me at the end of the day carrying her materials. I offered her a backpack (provided by Crayons to Classrooms). The smile on her face was enough to light up the room! She was so thankful and appreciative of the backpack. Thanks to Crayons to Classrooms I'm able to provide students with materials that they wouldn't otherwise have.”