Crayons to Classrooms' new Crayons Closet will bring free school supplies to over 900 elementary, middle, and high school students. Instead of reaching into their wallets, teachers can walk down the hall and have resources to make learning possible every day.
The Virginia W. Kettering Foundation granted Crayons to Classrooms with a grant supporting program expansion, as 5 new schools joined the Teacher Resource Center this year.
The Berry Family Foundation has renewed support of local teachers and students with a generous $20,000 grant to Crayons to Classrooms.
Because of partners like AES Ohio Foundation, Crayons to Classrooms can respond when classrooms need us most.
Crayons to Classrooms received a $20,000 contribution from the Charles D. Berry Foundation to support educators and their students at under-resourced schools during the 2025-26 school year.
Crayons to Classrooms Book Give Back event gives teachers the opportunity to take hundreds of books back to their classrooms and students. One teacher shares how she will be using the books she received from the teacher resource center to bring a love of literacy to hundreds of young West Carrollton students.
"Once I had a new kindergarten student come into my classroom a few months after school began. He didn't have any school supplies. When I gave him a pencil box full of school supplies from Crayons to Classrooms, he smiled for the first time that day!"