It starts with a pencil. It ends with possibility.
The smallest supplies can make the biggest difference! With generous community support, A Gift for Teaching welcomed more than 20,080 teacher shopping visits last school year. Together, $12.3 million in educational resources were distributed to ensure students across Central Florida arrived to class ready to learn throughout the entire school year.
Here’s the impact made during the 2025–2026 academic year:
Every ordinary pencil, notebook, glue stick, and book you helped provide became more than just a school supply. It became an extraordinary opportunity for a student to stay engaged, express their creativity, and reach their full potential.
Your support in action:
- FREE TEACHER SUPPLY STORES – 12,073 shopping visits kept local classrooms stocked with the everyday essentials teachers rely on throughout the entire school year
- PENCIL BOY PROGRAMS – 1,659 additional teacher visits to Pencil Boy Express – The Mobile Free Store and 3,152 online orders for Pencil Boy Curbside further increased access to free educational resources
- NEW TEACHER LAUNCH BOX – 500 first-year teachers in 112 high-need schools received free quarterly supply deliveries to help sustain new learning environments from day one
- ARTWORKS – $1.2 million worth of free art supplies and 8 professional development workshops were offered at no cost to keep creativity growing in public schools
- A GIFT FOR MUSIC – More than 500 students discovered musical confidence, discipline, and joy through tuition-free string instruction in after-school programming, Saturday String ensembles, and summer camp
Every achievement above reflects a community of like-minded people that chose opportunity over obstacles. You chose to ensure students were defined by their potential – not by what they lacked.
It represents one less barrier to education and one more chance to succeed. The numbers tell an incredible story, but the true impact is best told by the teachers and students you helped lift up.
Having a steady supply of materials allows me to increase the variety and scope of projects offered.
It shifts the curriculum from ‘what can we afford to do’ to ‘what is the best way for students to learn.
– Orange County Public School Teacher
Your Support Starts the Next Success Story
Last school year’s impact transformed thousands of classrooms. But every new school year starts the same way: a bare class with empty shelves, teachers spending their own money to transform it, and students arriving without the supplies they need.
That’s where you can make all the difference.
Make a donation today to help stock our Free Teacher Supply Store for the 2026-2027 school year! Every dollar of your gift provides up to $10 worth of essential resources teachers need to create engaging classrooms and gives more students the opportunity to learn with confidence from day one.
It starts with your generosity. It ends with a student’s success. Be the reason a student starts the school year prepared, and finishes it believing in what’s possible.
