August 2025 Newsletter

Educator Advisory Board

2025 - 26 Academic Year

We’re excited to invite passionate educators to join our new Educator Advisory Board! Your insights and expertise will help us strengthen our mission of teaching children the importance of giving back and help us better serve students and schools.

As a board member, you would only need to commit to 3 private zoom calls per school year. As a thank you for your time we will provide a free service project for your classroom.

If you are interested in joining us or would like to find out more information, please reach out to us.

Building Better Citizens

Year-long service-learning

program for students

This seasonal program provides students the opportunity to participate in a year-long community service program offering service projects 3 times throughout the school calendar year.

This initiative offers hands-on learning projects focusing on hunger (Fall), homelessness (Winter) and community engagement (Spring).

Consider this program for your classroom, group or service club starting in the Fall.

Contact us to sign up!

New Feature for Schools

Tracking your Impact

Exciting news for educators!

Your Service Project Account history is now live on The Giving Tree website!

Teachers can now view a full activity log of past projects, making it easier than ever to track your school's impact.

In the coming weeks, a member of our Giving Tree team will be reaching out with step-by-step instructions and your login credentials. We can’t wait for you to explore this new tool and continue growing kindness in your classrooms. 

Planning for Fall Service Projects with your Students?

 Funding Now Available

We know it's still summer..... But NOW is the perfect time to start planning your fall hands-on service projects!

The Giving Tree offers a variety of impactful campaigns designed for classrooms and youth groups, along with grant funding to help support your efforts. Funding is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Reach out today to explore meaningful ways your students can give back to the community this school year.

FREE Fall Service Project

Educating Students

About Food Insecurity

The Giving Tree and GIANT are once again partnering for the 4th Annual Feeding Minds, Filling Bellies Campaign. In the Fall, local students will create a hands-on service project educating them about hunger and food insecurity among families in our area.

Funding Available: We are looking for schools who are interested in participating in this program. The focus of this program is to teach area students about food insecurity by offering schools a free community service project and the chance to win a visit from the Phillie Phanatic! We want your school to be involved! Contact us today for more information.

A Recipe for Giving:

Chamber Event Supports Our Work

We are thrilled to share that The Giving Tree was recently presented with a generous check from the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Montgomery County. Along with four other nonprofits, we were named as one of the benefiting organizations of their first annual 'Cooking with a Cause'.

We are incredibly grateful to be included in this meaningful event. Thank you to the Chamber and all who came out that night! We are so fortunate to be a part of such a wonderful community.