Support Education
Our vision is that all students are entitled to a quality education and an excellent teacher. If you share ABCTE’s commitment to these goals, we invite you to advocate to bring ABCTE to your community. Volunteer and support other local and national organizations that work to improve the education our children receive.
ABCTE Service Events
Our staff volunteer time, resources and support to causes and organizations that positively effect the education community. We participate in 2-4 large service events each year. Some of our favorites:
- District of Columbia Public Schools Beautification Day
- Hands On DC event days
- Horton’s Kids Holiday Gift Drive
How You Can Help
If you want to support education, either nationally or in your community, and don’t know where to begin, here is a list of suggestions of how you can make a contribution to schools and educational quality.
- Donate your time and skills at our Washington, DC office.
- Become a Big Brother or Big Sister
- DonorsChoose.org is a simple way to provide students in need with resources that our public schools often lack. By directly donating to a project teachers submit.
- Help spark a child's excitement for reading as a Pen Pal. Try In 2 Books
- Get active in your local school
- Be an active parent
- Tutor, read to, or mentor a child
- Become a coach
- Volunteer as a classroom, library or lunchroom helper
- Develop or lead after-school activities
- Chaperone field trips
- Work to beautify the school grounds by cleaning, painting, landscaping and planting flowers
- Speak at a school’s Career Day or allow interested students to shadow you at work
- Great Schools suggests these 10 easy ways to help
- Donate supplies, books, old computers, electronics, money and other resources. Hurricane Help for Schools helps schools that were affected by Hurricane Katrina
- Plan fundraising opportunities or offer to write grants for organizations that you support
- Search for local volunteering opportunities: