Stories

Stories

A selection of H.E.L.P. the Charity success stories

HELPing Sheridan High School Basketball

Steven Grauer, Sheridan High School Boys Basketball Coach, recently wrote to thank us for our donation. He said, “At Sheridan High School so many of our students come from low income families who struggle at times. This is something that myself and my other coaches do not make excuses for. We pride ourselves on raising money…

Grant helps Cameras for Kids at Creswell Middle School

Julie Johansen, Creswell Middle School Principal, says, “Thank you so much for the grant for our “Cameras for Kids” project at Creswell Middle School. With your grant we were able to purchase two cameras, camera bags, and memory cards to be used in our Photography Elective Classes and Yearbook Elective. In years past, students did…

Independence Elementary tunes up

Figaro’s Pizza presented a check to the gym teacher at Independence Elementary School this morning in the amount of $559.94 for a Bluetooth music system.

HELP supports two summer programs

Cloverdale Elementary School just received a $500 grant to for their summer reading camp from Figaro’s Pizza of Aumsville. The school also received a donation of $500 for their Lego Robotics Summer Program.   

Pulaski High School receives H.E.L.P.

Thank you so much for donating $300 to the English 11 course revisions at Pulaski High School. We have focused on American inspiration, community improvements, and advocating against global injustices with students throughout this course. With the grant funds, we are able to expand our classroom libraries to update nonfiction resources and to increase novels on topics…

H.E.L.P. providing teacher training

We greatly appreciate receiving the grant from H.E.L.P. The Charity.  We will be using the money to defray costs of our training programs that we offer for out of school time providers.  One of the trainings is being offered tomorrow.  It is titled ” Teacher Tested Tips and Tools for Positively Managing Student Behavior”  We…

H.E.L.P. getting technology into the classroom

Thank you so much for awarding me with the H.E.L.P Grant this year. Given the fact that this year has been crazy for teachers teaching all online and in the hybrid system, it has made it quite challenging at times to teach advance math over a Zoom session. However, after purchasing my own personal iPad to teach…

We’re H.E.L.P.ing Creswell Middle School

Thank you so much H.E.L. P, the Charity for funding our grant at Creswell Middle School! We have been in Comprehensive Distance Learning almost the entire 2020-21 school year, which has made it difficult to engage students. The grant allowed us to purchase medals, certificates, and prizes to recognize our students and celebrate their achievements…

Figaro’s Pizza and H.E.L.P., the Charity support local schools

H.E.L.P., the Charity is proud to announce that, to date, H.E.L.P., the Charity, has issued 747 awards of grants totaling $238,303.32. Through its grant program, H.E.L.P. provides grants to U.S. based non-profit tax exempt schools and other entities to support educational programs. H.E.L.P. was born out of the desire of the owners and franchisees of…