Teachers build a better future for everyone: But they need our help

It’s arguably the most important job in the world: being a teacher.

Teachers enlighten and inspire young people. They give them purpose, prepare them to succeed in life and encourage them to contribute to society. No job has a greater impact on our future. And the better teachers can do their job, the better our future will be.

That’s why we do whatever we can, whenever we can, to support teachers—because we’re also working for a better future. Since we started, in 1985, we’ve donated over $95 million to groups fighting for causes like climate action, equal rights and reproductive freedom.

A lot of this money has gone to education advocates like Facing History & Ourselves and the Zinn Education Project. And now, as kids go back to school, we’re working with DonorsChoose to help fund projects in schools.

DonorsChoose: helping teachers help their students

Did you know public school teachers spend a lot of their own money—an average of almost $700 a year—to buy supplies their students need? From Crayons to cleaning products, from LEGO bricks to laptops.

It shouldn’t be this way. And, for many teachers, it isn’t, thanks to DonorsChoose, a unique nonprofit that’s raised over $1.65 billion for teachers to buy school supplies. Nationwide, DonorsChoose has delivered over 11 million books, 3.6 million art materials, 30,000 fieldtrips—and much more.

It’s a heroic effort—but it’s a simple process, because DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a teacher in need. Just go to DonorsChoose.org, a user-friendly site where teachers post projects that are short of funding. If you want to contribute, just click and give.

To help these teachers and the many others who post projects for their students, we’re raising funds for DonorsChoose through September 19^th.  Customers who use code SCHOOLPG50 can get $250 off a new phone or if you bring your current phone, you can get a $250 gift card with code SCHOOLBG50.  In both cases, we’ll send a $50 donation to DonorsChoose.

We ran a similar promotion last year and you can read about the projects funded on our blog. The thank you notes from the teachers are heartwarming.  https://blog.credo.com/2024/03/12/credo-customers-helped-support-9-projects-with-donorschoose/

EveryLibrary: sustaining public libraries

This month, CREDO Mobile is supporting EveryLibrary for the first time.  Libraries are at the heart of our communities. Yet, across the nation, public and school libraries are under attack. Politicians and extremist groups threaten their funding, ban books from their shelves and assail the principles of intellectual freedom they uphold.

You can vote for donations to go to EveryLibrary or the Women’s March Network or Social Security Works – or any combination of the three at www.credodonations.com.

CREDO Mobile: standing for teachers

Teachers get called a lot of things. We call them heroes.

They’re woefully underpaid, regularly under-resourced and often overlooked. Yet, day in and day out, they do the most important job in the world: they build our future.

We feel a special connection to educators because we have the same mission: to make our world a better place. If you share this commitment, join us.

You’ll get all you want from your phone company: the nation’s largest, most reliable network, competitive plans, great deals on new phones and friendly customer service.

And you’ll get much more. You’ll get an easy, effective way to support teachers and students, just by using your phone. Join now and we’ll send a $50 donation to DonorsChoose, when you use promo codes: SCHOOLPG50 (get a new phone) or SCHOOLBG50  (bring your own phone)

Switching is easy. You can bring your current phone and your current number. To learn more, go to CREDOMobile.com.