News 6 viewers help raise $700,000 in school supplies for students and teachers in Central Florida A Gift For Teaching phone bank was held in News 6 studio
ORLANDO, Fla. – News 6 viewers helped raise $700,000 in school supplies for students and teachers in Osceola County and Orange County through a phone bank on Thursday.
Viewers donated $45,000 during the News 6 Gift For Teaching phone bank on Thursday.
Various matching grants from the money raised from the phone bank equate to $700,000 worth of supplies.
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The matching grants came from the following organizations:
Addition Financial
American College of Education
The Bond Foundation
Joe and Sarah Galloway Foundation
Todd Miner Law was partners with News 6 with the phone bank on Thursday.
Todd Miner and friends donated $13,000 during the event.
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