Supporting teachers across Sturbridge, Southbridge, Charlton, and surrounding communities
Local gift card donations provided directly to teachers in our Central Massachusetts communities who shop for their classroom needs and share receipts for transparency
Teachers routinely pay out of pocket for classroom supplies. Dollar Tree gift cards make it simple for the community to help. Susan connects with teachers and provides gift cards directly so they can purchase what their classrooms need. Teachers share purchase details for transparency.
Every gift card dollar buys real supplies for real students in our local schools.
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Susan [Last Name] and a small volunteer group
Dollar Tree gift cards for classroom supplies only
Local Dollar Tree locations
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Send a Dollar Tree gift card of any amount to support local teachers
Name, email, school. That's it. Susan will match you with a gift card.
It was at the Dollar Tree in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, where Susan kept noticing the same pattern: teachers from Sturbridge, Southbridge, Charlton, and nearby towns shopping for classroom supplies with their own money. It happened regularly, week after week. Pencils, folders, snacks for hungry students, art supplies. All purchased out of pocket.
Everyone knows teachers already do so much. They work long hours, care deeply about their students, and go far beyond what's expected. But here they were, again and again, spending their own paychecks to fill gaps in their classrooms.
Susan realized something important: so many people would want to help if they knew. Not through complicated programs or distant organizations, but in a direct, tangible way. People understand that teachers shouldn't have to bear this cost alone.
The solution became clear: create a simple way for the community to send Dollar Tree gift cards. Susan would connect with teachers and provide the cards directly, letting them shop for exactly what their classrooms need. Teachers share purchase details for transparency. No bureaucracy, just neighbors helping neighbors.
That's how this started. A recognition that teachers give so much, and a belief that our community wants to give back in a meaningful, transparent way.