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Tips for 4peaks8/11/2023 More information about Four Peaks For Teachers can be found at weekend Asia’s No 1 sailing adventure race celebrates 31 years of running the hills of Hong Kong. “In an ideal world, we wouldn’t need Four Peaks for Teachers,” said Neill. Neill says that she spent $1,000 on supplies during a nine-month period early in her teaching career, and though the school district she’s in currently is much better about providing equipment for teachers, she still spends hundreds of dollars a year on extra supplies for her students. Part of why Four Peaks for Teachers is so great, she says, is because the kits that are donated come with those things young teachers assume they’re automatically given. “They don’t realize they need things like staplers, or scissors, and their school districts might not provide them.” “First-year teachers legitimately have nothing,” Neill said. She says the program is vital - especially for new teachers. Jess Neill, a teacher and instructional coach for the Laveen Elementary School District, has participated in Four Peaks for Teachers since the program’s inception nine years ago. Teachers interested in reserving a free school supply kit can do so at. New Mexico: Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Farmington, Santa Fe.Arizona: Flagstaff, Havasu, Kingman, Laveen Village, Litchfield Park, Marana, Mesa, Phoenix, Prescott Valley, Scottsdale, Sierra Vista, Tempe, Tucson, Yuma.Teachers will be able to pick up supplies in the following cities: The more Kilt Lifter sold and the more direct donations made, the more supplies that can be included in each kit.Īfter expanding Four Peaks For Teachers outside Arizona for the first time last year, Four Peaks has added even more kit pickup locations in 2020. In August, the funds raised will be used to purchase, fill and distribute kits of school supplies to 10,000 teachers. Customers located outside Four Peaks’ distribution footprint can also make a direct, tax-deductible donation to the program at. Starting in July, Four Peaks will set aside a portion of sales of its flagship Scottish ale, Kilt Lifter, for the Four Peaks for Teachers program. Teachers have one of the toughest and most important jobs in the country, and it’s hard to believe they’re asked to do that job without the supplies they need. “But it’s also frustrating that the financial burden on teachers only keeps growing. “It’s humbling to see how Four Peaks For Teachers has grown to impact more and more teachers over the years,” Scussel said. This year, the brewery’s goal is to distribute 10,000 kits to teachers in Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada. Using direct donations and funds raised through beer sales, Four Peaks purchases the supplies teachers need most, from scissors and staplers to pencils and paper, and builds kits to hand out for free in multiple cities and states. Four Peaks Brewing Co., Arizona’s largest brewery, just announced the 2020 launch of Four Peaks For Teachers, the brewery’s annual fundraiser to support teachers by providing them with free kits full of school supplies.Ĭreated in 2011 by Four Peaks cofounder Jim Scussel, Four Peaks For Teachers was conceived to help reduce the financial burden on teachers in the Southwest, many of whom spend hundreds of dollars on school supplies each year without reimbursement.
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