Ignite School-Community Partnerships.
Empower Every Student to Reach Their Potential.
Not every child has a champion. We are on a mission to connect all 2,485 schools in Arizona with a village of community support so that all 1.5 million Arizona youth are empowered to reach their potential.
Your Donation Matters
Your support multiplies the power of the village to change outcomes for children at their local Arizona school. Together we can build a better future for our children.
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Give securely below — every dollar ignites school-community partnerships across Arizona.
Your impact across Arizona
Every gift helps schools, families, and communities show up for children.
School Connect brings practical support where it matters most — through programs, events, partnerships, and everyday community engagement that helps students succeed.
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Programs for students and families
Donations help sustain school-based programs that connect children and families to meaningful support and opportunities.
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Events that bring communities together
Your gift helps make family engagement events, volunteer activities, and school-community gatherings possible.
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Partnerships that strengthen schools
Support helps School Connect build strategic partnerships that align local resources with what schools and families need most.
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Community engagement across Arizona
Giving fuels practical outreach that helps more communities rally around children and create pathways for them to thrive.
Simple ways to give
Choose the impact that feels right for you.
Start with a one-time gift and help School Connect keep children, families, educators, and communities connected.
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Helps strengthen partnerships that bring more resources and relationships to schools.
Annual Impact Report 2025
$1.3 million dollars of volunteer service to school communities
Did you know gifts from leaders like you have mobilized volunteers for 65,000 hours of annual volunteer service? Your gift helps us mobilize the community around local schools. Your gift helps us train school leaders to focus community engagement around strategic school goals, and your gift creates measurable progress in School Impact Reports showcasing the power of our collective effort.
Love Our Schools Day
Become a Part of Love Our Schools Day 2026
Are you a local school with a project? Love Our Schools Day is a project-based volunteer day when the community can roll up their sleeves at a local school and make a difference where it is needed most whether it is planting a garden, painting a classroom, or fixing up a playground. Complete the interest form to get involved!
Classroom to Career Workshop
You’re invited to the Classroom to Career Workshop on September 9th!
Join education and industry leaders for an experience where partnerships form, ideas flow, businesses tap into future growth and students are connected from the classroom to cutting edge career pathways!
What makes a child feel safe at school?
#BullyingPreventionMonth
Tag an educator to let them know they could win $2,500 to support their classroom!
‼️ Applications close TODAY for the Fiesta Sports Foundation`s Wishes for Teachers Program ‼️
👀 Apply at the link in our bio
What kind of projects do people do for Love Our Schools Day?
See what Shea Duryea of School Connect shares about how teams approach it and get their communities involved.
👀 👉 Want to be part of all the fun this fall?
Learn more at LoveOurSchoolsDay.com
One week left to apply! Five hundred Arizona public and charter school educators will be randomly selected to receive a $2,500 wish for their students and school communities!
Whether your wish would bring new books into students’ hands, make room for STEM exploration, create a more welcoming classroom, support the arts, or provide another resource your school needs—this is an opportunity to bring it to life.
We know educators carry so much. This program is a powerful reminder that it takes a village to help every student thrive—and that our educators deserve to be celebrated and supported.
Applications are open through September 30 at 10:00 p.m.
Eligible applicants include full-time Arizona public and charter K–12 school employees, including teachers, nurses, counselors, coaches, and more.
Thank you, Fiesta Bowl Charities and the Fiesta Sports Foundation, for investing so generously in the people who show up for Arizona students every day. (Link in comments)
Love Our Schools Day season is right around the corner (October through November)! If you`re part of a school or volunteer at one, this is the time to share your dream projects and invite your community to get involved!
In this short video, Shea Duryea talks more about how to do that.
Want to join in the fun? Learn more at LoveOurSchoolsDay.com!
