Delaware Valley Fairness Project

Our belief is that teachers should not have to be fundraisers.  They should not have to do anything more than tell us what they need, why and how their need meets our basic standards.  Unlike organizations that provide platforms to allow teachers to raise funds for classroom projects and often take months before the money is available if fundraising is successful, we provide the funds to teachers upfront and take on the responsibility for raising funds ourselves.   Projects we support happen when they should, not many months in the future, if at all.

DVFP’s funds are not unlimited.  Having invested tens of thousands of dollars in teacher projects in under-resourced schools serving low-income communities in Philadelphia and the region, we count on donations from the public.  Anyone can join in our effort.  We welcome unrestricted donations and donations in support of specific subject areas (e.g., science, reading).   

Some of the Programs We Have Enabled

THE ARTS

• Music, Special Ed.: Music Therapy program for Special Education students
• Theater, Special Ed.: Theater Arts program for Special Education students
• Theater: school trips to local university theater programs
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• Support for a middle-school outdoor classroom
• Field Trips to Wissahickon Environmental Center
• Funding for school gardens
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PHYSICAL FITNESS

• Fitness: Funding for fitness training for K-8 students
• Fitness, Self-Discipline: Karate training for elementary school students
• Soccer and volleyball equipment for multiple schools
• Sport uniforms for multiple schools
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READING, WRITING AND LITERACY

• Reading: Materials to construct first-grade Reading Boats
• Reading: An escape room experience of “Lord of the Flies” for middle school students reading the novel
• Writing: Funding for in-school and after-school creative writing programs
• Literacy: Books for leveled literacy programs in multiple schools
• Literacy: Graphic novels for a middle school classroom
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SKILLS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

• Soccer, dance and hula-hoops mobility training programs
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• Leadership, Team-Building: Financial support for middle school outward-bound experiences
• Social-Emotional Behavior:  Books, games and supplies to assist troubled students in multiple schools
• Funding for the start-up of school stores
• Funding for school trips to visit suburban college campuses

• Science, Gardens: Materials and supplies for student-tended school gardens
• Robotics: Robots and related materials for K-8 STEM programs in multiple schools
• Science: Science lab kits for fifth-graders
• Life Science: A bird sanctuary to be built, maintained and studied by middle school science students
• Life Science: Aquariums, fish, axolotls and picture books for kindergarten life science and care for the planet programs
• Math: Materials to construct a physical ‘learn-by-experiencing’ math room for 1st graders
• Makerspace Rooms: materials and funds to start or enhance makerspace rooms