Working with Schools

When we partner with schools, we usually give a lump sum to the school/district at the start of the academic year. Depending on the needs of students, we can replenish this as needed and when funds are available.

Supporting the students may look like covering costs of field trips, yearbooks, extra curriculars, music/drama costs, and other supplies. We feel that students should not be "held back" because of their family's financial situation.

Some examples of what Lullabye Foundation has accomplished over the past years working with Illinois Schools:

• We have supported students with sporting equipment to help keep them active during hybrid learning. 
• We have sponsored a student to go to Taekwondo classes when parent's could not afford it. 
• We have sponsored a student to attend art classes at a local studio when a teacher noticed a special talent and encouraged the student to try it out. 
• We have supported a local Color Guard team when they needed new equipment for their competition. 
• We have supported classrooms with helping lower the cost of supplemental curricular resources. 
• We have provided significant support for field trips and team-building events for "Hears To You", the Lake County Hearing Impaired Students' Program.
• We have provided athletic shoes and partial registration fees for children who would otherwise not be able to participate in various activities such as sports teams, sports camps, and other school clubs.
• We have paid for and supported a student to attend a Club Volleyball program in which the parent could not afford to send the student.
• We have provided Yearbooks to kids who otherwise could not afford them.
• We have provided support toward the cost of a much needed summer camp for special needs children.
• We have provided partial scholarships for field trips, class trips, class picnics, etc. for numerous kids.
• We have provided beds and bedding to students who would otherwise be sleeping on floors.
• We have donated and continue to donate funds to enhance the Fine Arts Programs in several of the school districts with which we have relationships.
• Before going 1:1 with technology, we helped with a project which was dedicated to making available to students "tablets", to acquaint them with and prepare them for how instruction is done at High School. 
• We have provided personal hygiene items and other personal needs for Special Ed/"Life Skills" classes.
• We have assisted those "Life Skills" classes with supplemental curriculum and support for "mobility field trips".
• We helped establish small, neighborhood libraries across Lake County; which have been maintained by students. 

*A very small amount of funding is still being used in Atlantic, IA to use in schools and help provide basic supplies for At-Risk and Special Needs youth.