Education
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Chevron Supports Education in SoCal
All my four kids attended LAUSD public schools at some point prior to graduating from high school. Thankfully they’re all thriving in college now. Yet, it frustrates me to no end to know that current public school budgets are even smaller and limited than when my own children were young. So, when Chevron approached me to share about their Fuel Your School program -- in collaboration with charity DonorsChoose.org benefitting classrooms in public schools in our Southern California backyard -- I was on board from the get-go.
Today’s moms and dads raising school age youngsters know making sure your son or daughter gets the best education possible now is more essential than ever to ensuring their future success. If your own child is enrolled in the local public school system, you’re probably experiencing first-hand the effects of continued cuts in funding.
What might surprise you, though, is to learn that classroom budgets are even more limited than you might realize, with the average teacher spending $500 per year according to the Education Market Association. That means your child’s teacher is likely spending hundreds of dollars annually out of his/her own pocket to buy needed teaching supplies and materials for their students.
To further boys’ and girls’ all-around education, especially in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) Chevron is helping to support teachers and contribute classroom material funding at public schools in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. In fact, Chevron is donating up to $500,00 to help fund eligible general education, as well as STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) classroom projects.
How Fuel Your School Works
It’s easy to help raise funds for participating South Bay public school(s) in LA County during the entire month through October 31, 2017. Help spread the word among family, neighbors and friends that every time you fill up your vehicle with 8 or more gallons at participating Chevron and Texaco gas stations, Fuel Your School will donate $1 (up to $500,000) to eligible local public school classrooms. Parents are also encouraged to contribute to fulfill the requests of their child’s teachers and reach funding goals even sooner.
To date, Fuel Your School has locally helped fund 1,948 classroom projects at 234 schools in select cities in the South Bay Area of the Los Angeles area. Since inception in 2010, Fuel Your School has helped fund 39,496 classroom projects at 5,134 schools throughout the U.S.
Participating cities within LA County include Carson, Compton, Culver City, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Marina Del Rey, Playa del Rey, Rancho Palos Verdes, Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, Mar Vista, Torrance, and Lomita. All Chevron-branded and Texaco-branded stations in and around the South Bay Area of LA County, California are participating in this program.
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About Chevron Fuel Your School
The Chevron Fuel Your School program encourages and inspires public school teachers to empower their students with the best general education possible, especially to help kids acquire the STEM education and skills needed to succeed in advanced technical jobs once they enter the workforce. For more information and to track funding progress at public schools in each city, visit FuelYourSchool.com. You can also keep up to date on news about the program by looking for hashtags #FuelYourSchool and #FuelUp and by following them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.About DonorsChoose.org
DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that makes it easy for the community to help students in need. Public school teachers post classroom project requests on the website. When a project has raised the funds needed, DonorsChoose.org purchases the teacher’s wish list of materials and ships them to the school.
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It would help more buses to take our children to and from schools who don't have access to vehicles.
ReplyDeleteanything that will help the schools im for it,,i have a lot of school age grandchildren and love to help any way i can
ReplyDeleteA good education is perhaps the top priority in my opinion. My girls are older now, but when they were younger, I did everything I could to help support their school(s). I have a great niece and will likely have grandkids in the future, plus have plenty of friends with young children and/or grandchildren. I like being part of their education while they are growing up.
ReplyDeleteSupporting my daughters school means that they have more means to purchase things to promote academics. Supporting academics is number 1 in our home.
ReplyDeleteI believe in supporting the math and science sectors of schools--things that will encourage children to work towards a better and more productive future! This is a great program on Chevon's behalf!
ReplyDeleteThis is important to me because my mom is a teacher and I am all for supporting education!
ReplyDeleteAnything to help fund my local schools is worth pursuing. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSchool budgets are always tight and I like to help any way I can.
ReplyDeleteAlways looking for ways to help our local schools!
ReplyDeleteThis program is important so teachers don't have to spend their own money on supplies.
ReplyDeleteIt’s important to invest in the education of the next generation of engineers, scientists and technology professionals who will be leading the energy industry of tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteas a single father..sorry not a mom:( im all for buses to help get our littles ones to school.
ReplyDeleteBoth my father, brother and sister in law are teachers and it truly is sad how many supplies they buy on their own because they can't get them through the school. Yet some teachers cannot afford these items so the students g without. Sad.
ReplyDeleteMy sister is a 5th grade teacher, so I know first hand how much the school's need our help and how important education is.
ReplyDeleteSupporting my school is important because I want to know the kids are getting the best education from the best teachers they can with great resources to do so
ReplyDeleteI think it is an important campaign because it will have a direct impact on our children and their education.
ReplyDeleteIt's important because we need to support our schools and give all children the best chances to succeed.
ReplyDeletesupporting Fuel Your School important to me to support the children
ReplyDeleteJOSEPH GERSCH
As a retired teacher, the budget of the schools keep getting cut and must find ways to obtain funds for various projects.
ReplyDeleteSchools need the support of the community as the children in their care are our future.
ReplyDeleteSchools need our support as the children in their care are our future.
ReplyDeleteWe always take part in these types of programs, whether it be through buying gas or buying cereal.
ReplyDeleteKids are the future & most public schools lack the funds they need.
ReplyDeleteIt's important because it helps schools
ReplyDeleteIt’s very important to me because my mom and sister are teachers
ReplyDeleteCrazyweirdo33@yahoo.com
It's important because STEM careers are the future.
ReplyDeleteSchool budgets are so tight these days that they need support to give our kids the resources and materials they need to excel.
ReplyDeleteSchool budgets are always so tight that it's great to support them for anything extra!
ReplyDeleteSupporting Fuel Your School program is important to me because public schools today need every dollar they can get.I have seen it at my children's school, the school has to do multiple fundraisers and the teacher's have use money of their pocket just get basic supplies for lessons and enrichment activities.The student's education suffers.
ReplyDeleteI love to help out my boys' schools in any way that I can.
ReplyDeleteAs a former teacher I love to help all schools.
ReplyDeleteBringing the ability to promote a good education is so important.
ReplyDeleteSounds wonderful that this program can put more resources in the room with the students. Anything that adds to and enhances learning is important to me.
ReplyDeleteIt is important because more funds are available for the kids
ReplyDeleteEducating our children is one of the most important issues we have today. They are tomorrow's future. It's important they have to tools to help the children learn.
ReplyDeleteIt is preparing for the future when STEM will be needed for all the automation and robotics Rosanne
ReplyDeleteAnything that helps the schools, students, etc., sounds good to me.
ReplyDeleteTim Moss, yupbucket@hotmail.com
I like the program because kids need all the help they can get, and this is a nice move to help.
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