Classes 4 Classes, Inc. Announces Collaboration With the Kraft Family Foundation
Classes 4 Classes, Inc. Collaborates with The Kraft Family Foundation This collaboration with The Kraft Family Foundation is allowing Classes 4 Classes to expand to all of New England- 4 additional states: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. The Kraft Family Foundation will be underwriting these 4 projects. Classes 4 Classes will be accepting prospective school proposals from these states until January 29th. Projects will launch in February 2016!
Greenwich, CT, January 19, 2016 (Newswire.com) - Classes for Classes, Inc. (C4C), a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization today announced a new collaboration with The Kraft Family Foundation. The mission of Classes 4 Classes is to teach children the power of kindness and compassion through their ability to gift projects to other classrooms, and inspire positive change students across the country. As a result of this collaboration with The Kraft Family Foundation, Classes 4 Classes will expand to include more schools throughout New England. "We are honored to be recognized by such a prestigious organization, which gives us the opportunity to impact more children in more schools across the nation. If we continue to teach empathy, compassion and kindness there will be no room for hate," said Kaitlin Roig DeBellis, Founder and former Sandy Hook elementary school teacher.
Robert Kraft, Owner, New England Patriots, along with his family, chose to use their Foundation to support the mission of Classes 4 Classes. "I can't think of a more important lesson for children to learn first hand. Even at a young age,children should be aware that we are all connected and that everyone has the power to take action and help others,”said Kraft of his reason for supporting Classes 4 Classes.
"We are so grateful for the generosity and support of Robert Kraft and his family. With their support we are closer to our goal of helping children in all 52 states experience the joy of giving, which helps to develop positive character and prevent violence. We couldn't think of a better partner in this mission," said Roig Debellis.
Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis, Founder & Executive Director
From now through January 29th, Classes 4 Classes will be accepting recommendations for schools and even specific classrooms, Kindergarten through 5th grade, in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Island. The organization is looking to accept 4 classrooms, one in each state, that want to participate in Classes 4 Classes and have a project underwritten by The Kraft Family Foundation. Anyone who is interested or knows of a classroom or school, please email Classes 4Classes by visiting our site! Upon selection, the classrooms will launch their project in February 2016.
"We are so grateful for the generosity and support of Robert Kraft and his family. With their support we are closer to our goal of helping children in all 52 states experience the joy of giving, which helps to develop positive character and prevent violence. We couldn’t think of a better partner in this mission,” said Roig Debellis.
About Classes 4 Classes
Classes 4 Classes, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to teach children the power of kindness and compassion through their ability to create positive change for others. The platform provided by the website actively engages students in learning a social curriculum through the exchange of gifts with other K-8 classrooms that fulfill a need or educational objective. These gifts are crowd-funded by visitors and donors to the site. The gift is given to the teacher and the students in the receiving classroom only once the project goal is reached, and the receiving classroom has started their own project to “pay it 4ward” to another classroom. To learn more about C4C go to our site!