U.S. Cellular is donating $1 million to fund teacher classroom projects through its Calling All Teachers program.
All projects must be submitted by Sunday, Sept. 21.
Last year, the company contributed $500,000 toward educational materials for improved classroom experiences; 110 Maine teachers had their classroom projects funded by U.S. Cellular in 2013, totaling more than $62,000 and benefiting more than 5,300 students. The company has contributed more than $7 million through this and other philanthropic programming.
U.S. Cellular is working with DonorsChoose.org for a fourth time on its Calling All Teachers program, and encourages teachers to post their projects on the site for potential funding. DonorsChoose.org is a charity website that helps teachers identify funds from corporate and individual donations for classroom projects.
K-12 public school teachers can now register online at DonorsChoose.org and affiliate as a U.S. Cellular teacher. Selected projects submitted by Sept. 21 will be in announced in October.
For more information, visit uscellular.com.
Comments are not available on this story. Read more about why we allow commenting on some stories and not on others.
We believe it's important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers. At its best, our comments sections can be a productive platform for readers to engage with our journalism, offer thoughts on coverage and issues, and drive conversation in a respectful, solutions-based way. It's a form of open discourse that can be useful to our community, public officials, journalists and others.
We do not enable comments on everything — exceptions include most crime stories, and coverage involving personal tragedy or sensitive issues that invite personal attacks instead of thoughtful discussion.
You can read more here about our commenting policy and terms of use. More information is also found on our FAQs.
Show less