(this is an email I sent out recently...scroll down for the update!)
Dear Friends and Family,

I am a 1st grade teacher at a public charter
school in Inglewood, California and in today’s tough economy there are so many
things I want to get for my students but my school/state cannot provide for
me. I thought you would like to know there is now
a great way that you can help support my classroom and students. There is an awesome website called Donor’s
Choose (www.donorschoose.org) where
public school teachers post items they need for their classroom and people make
donations to help me get these items.
You can donate to part of the project or donate for the whole project,
it’s your choice and all contributions are tax-deductible. The best part is donors get to hear back from
their classrooms they choose to support with pictures and cards.

I currently have 3 project up and ready for donations (they
are listed in order of importance):

Interwrite…Inter-Right On!:
http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=271123

Project me into the Technological Future:
http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=276442

Teacher Resources for a Struggling Economy:
http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=269619

I cannot tell you what it would mean to me to have these
items in my classroom and I simply cannot keep buying things for my students
with my own money (my fiancé will not be too happy if I keep spending our money
on my classroom and for things I feel my students deserve!)

You can help me either by making donations yourself or
passing this information onto people or business who value education and want
what is best for our students.

Thank You,

Rachel Leith
Email: rachel_leith@yahoo.com or rleith@wildersprepk-8.com
Phone: (209) 629-0445

UPDATE:
My proposal for the interwrite pad (an interactive tool for the classroom) was bought for me via the manufacture. I am so happy and it really lifted my spirits during a hard week. The only problem is I cannot use the interwrite pad without an LCD Projector. It is proposal ID 276442 (Project me into the Technological Future)
http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=276442

Thank You for listening to my email and helping a good cause and, as always, pass this onto people you know who can help,

Rachel Leith