B&J FABRICS, NY
The 2017-2018 is off to a promising start thanks to two WONDERFUL donors! We would first like to thank Scot and B&J Fabrics located in New York for shipping 2 more large boxes of gorgeous fabrics for our students to work with for a second year in a row. I actually had to go out and buy a shelving unit to house the beautiful collection of fabric.. This year I have designated a corner of the classroom to fabric, yarn, and ribbon. I talked to my classes about the projects we will be doing this year and the art club I would like to start up so that we can utilize this awesome donation! The students were begging me to sign up and that was before I even opened the boxes. I have been emailing Scot from B&J Fabrics and keeping him updated on the projects we will be working on and will most definitely post pictures. My students and I thought it would be best to use the donation for acts of kindness, to spread awareness, and to honor our heroes!
Aside from using fabric for fashion projects, we will be trying our hands at "Dream Catchers for a Cause" and building a team quilt to remember and honor the Hudson County victims and heroes of the 911 tragedy. I will never stop thanking this company enough for making education exciting for our kids. We hope to inspire them to pursue careers in fashion one day and even more so, to use their creativity to develop new skills and build on existing skills. We thank you so very much for your continuous support and contributions!
Here is the beginning to our fabrics corner. It is now easily accessible to our students! Thanks guys <3
HOME DEPOT, CLIFTON NJ
This year I happened to discover a really cool lesson plan involving mosaics for my 4th grade. The lesson called for swatches from a paint store. Now you can imagine how crazy my mind went when I thought about how many students I have while trying to think of how to supply each and every one of them. I called up Home Depot in Clifton, NJ and spoke to Burton on the phone. He told me to come into the store and he would try to help me the best that he could. Well I was not let down! He took some time to explain some of the options I had as far as obtaining some of the swatches and was kind enough to give me some sample booklets to help teach my students about shades, tints, and tones. The best part is- MY KIDS CAN'T LOSE THEM since they are in this neat little flip book.
Well he told me to pick about 15 swatches I could use and he would order a package of each for me and even better, he said he would save some of the swatches that were going to get dumped at the end of the week. I picked up a box of them today form the store and had the pleasure to personally thank Burton from Home Depot for all of the hard work and thoughtfulness in ordering these materials and setting some aside for me. I am blown away by the generosity! I had a picnic setting these colors out on my floor this evening so that I could snap a picture to post in this blog! So, a very special thanks to Burton for taking so much time to help me out-such a nice guy! A special thanks to Home Depot and Behr for all of the sweet swatches! This would not be possible without all of you! Thank you for contributing something special to the education of our future!
Well he told me to pick about 15 swatches I could use and he would order a package of each for me and even better, he said he would save some of the swatches that were going to get dumped at the end of the week. I picked up a box of them today form the store and had the pleasure to personally thank Burton from Home Depot for all of the hard work and thoughtfulness in ordering these materials and setting some aside for me. I am blown away by the generosity! I had a picnic setting these colors out on my floor this evening so that I could snap a picture to post in this blog! So, a very special thanks to Burton for taking so much time to help me out-such a nice guy! A special thanks to Home Depot and Behr for all of the sweet swatches! This would not be possible without all of you! Thank you for contributing something special to the education of our future!