Chevron U.S.A. Inc. recently announced the second annual launch of its Fuel Your School program in Hawaii. This year, the program will expand to 22 U.S. communities to give educators necessary tools for students to learn, explore and get excited
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. recently announced the second annual launch of its Fuel Your School program in Hawaii. This year, the program will expand to 22 U.S. communities to give educators necessary tools for students to learn, explore and get excited about school. Chevron encourages STEM-related projects, to help prepare students for jobs of the future.
“At Chevron, we realize the importance of a quality education for our children,” said Carina Tagupa, community relations specialist for Chevron Hawaii. “We are proud to work with DonorsChoose.org on the Fuel Your School program, which will help bring projects designed by our public school teachers to life.
“These projects can widen the possibilities offered to our students and challenge them to reach their full potential.”
Last year, Chevron helped fund projects in 110 Hawaii public schools. This year, Chevron will contribute $1 to help fund eligible classroom projects when consumers purchase 8 or more gallons of fuel during the month of October at participating Chevron stations, up to a total contribution of $350,000 in Hawaii alone.
In the U.S., Fuel Your School is an innovative collaboration between Chevron and DonorsChoose.org, an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. The program is committed to providing local public school students with the tools and resources needed to help them achieve academic success.
“During the Fuel Your School program, filling up at Chevron means filling local classrooms with the resources to help students and teachers succeed,” said Charles Best, founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org. “Fuel Your School makes it easy for Chevron customers to see their real-time impact on classrooms in their community.”
All year, public school teachers post classroom project requests on DonorsChoose.org, ranging from calculators to microscopes, and even glowing bacteria.
One of those requests came from Carol Kim, a teacher at Pearl Harbor Elementary School, who lacked the resources to expose students to concepts in an engaging and effective method. With the help of Fuel Your School, she and her students received hands-on teaching tools, such as books and math games, allowing her students to make mathematical connections to basic math facts.
“My second-graders had a much easier time understanding and making mathematical connections to basic math facts with the help of the selected children’s literature, math games and tools,” Kim said. “Fluency with basic math facts is such an important foundational skill and will make a deep impact on my young mathematicians’ academic careers.”
Since its inception in 2010, Fuel Your School has helped fund 17,163 classroom projects at 3,196 schools. The program has grown annually to support students throughout the communities in which Chevron operates, reaching 940,440 students last year.
