An area teacher has started a new way to help teachers and students as the school year approaches.
6 News reports It’s called Adopt a Teacher, and it benefits teachers and students in Omaha and in many surrounding towns and communities.
It’s a resource you can find on this Facebook page It began July 21 and now has more than 7,000 participants.
On this page teachers can post to post Amazon wish lists and share classroom ideas. People following the page can then help teachers by ‘adopting’ them and helping them purchase school supplies for their classroom.
Fifth-grade teacher Katie Eden is the creator and says in a year that holds so much uncertainty for teachers, this is a way to share some love.
“The community wants to help. They just don’t really know how, so having this group gives them the ability to come in and give them what’s needed. Maybe they can only purchase one book for a teacher or maybe they can get a whole list but it’s still bringing joy to that teacher and it’s making how we start off this weird school year a really positive way to start it off,” Eden tells 6 News.
“If you have a favorite teacher or a teacher you love for your kids you can go up to the little search bar and search for their names and find their list or find a random teacher that needs something,” Eden says.