A viral campaign is using social media to help teachers around the country stock their classrooms with supplies for the start of the school year.
A viral campaign is using social media to help teachers around the country stock their classrooms with supplies for the start of the school year, instead of having to spend their own money.
“Most of us are constantly learning and we don’t enjoy our summers too much,” Jones told NBC News. “We are always trying to better ourselves. A lot of times funding or lack thereof stands in our way. It’s no secret that teacher salaries are quite low, but couple that with a lack of resources to provide supplies and we get boxed in a bit.”
“On July 1, I created a small Facebook group called ‘Support a Teacher’ and in about a week’s time we grew beyond 10,000 members. In two weeks, we had 20,000,” Jones said. “Mainly it was teachers to teachers. I said we need to get the public involved, so I said let’s go to Twitter. So we used the hashtag #ClearTheList.”
“I wanted people to be able to see what is being gifted. Instagram popped up,” Jones said. “These teachers were like, ‘Hey a lot of influencers are clearing our lists.’ It grew from that. All in all, Instagram was the last thing to take off but it was amazing to go there and see the pictures of the gifts and classroom photos. It’s a little more intimate.”
While the #ClearTheList campaign has already made a huge impact for teachers, there are still plenty more teachers who would appreciate the generosity of strangers on the internet.
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