Study Stations

What a special evening with the Lake Ridge Rotary Club. It was an honor to be recognized for our Study Stations project. This is all thanks to your support.

Their generous donation will allow us to build for another school, Triangle Elementary (where Chris started his elementary career). Here's to helping the students who are still learning from home.

Who is ready to get their hands dirty this spring break?

We are back!!

We just finalized a 39 desk order for Minnieville Elementary School yesterday. In the last 5 months, Chris and I have managed to get 212 desks into the hands of students. We have loved it, but are going to take a few weeks off. We will be back to build more in March!

The first half of the order for Minnieville Elementary left the house yesterday! 19 desks and 12 bookshelves

We took some family time during the holidays. But, we did squeeze in a little desk building on those warm days. We are ready to get to it again. Happy new year!

A humungous THANK YOU to Anthony and Lowe's at Southpoint who provided Study Stations 100 2x2x8's and 8 boxes of screws. Merry Christmas to all the kiddos who will benefit from this generous donation.

Look at the impact your donations of time, money and supplies can have on a school. Here are a few pictures from Dumfries ES as they prepared for the kids to pick up their desks provided by Study Stations yesterday. Thank you!

Julian's mom told me he had to put on his hat that matched his desk before taking the picture. This is what your support does for students. Look at that smile!

We continue to build for our Prince William County Schools. We are finishing up the 35 desk order for Dumfries Elementary and are preparing to support 2 more local schools. We still need your support! THANK YOU🧡

Study Stations, organized by Sarah Eckenrode My husband, Chris and I are teachers at a Title I school in northern Virginia. We were inspired by a M… Sarah Eckenrode needs your support for Study Stations

Today was all about HEART.

We started at home by filling up a U-Haul with everything we needed to build desks. Then, Chris and I headed north to Woodcrafters Furniture and Cabinetry in Woodbridge. The owner, Lance helped cut all our wood and set us up with an indoor space to construct, sand and paint. Volunteers (aged 5-?) were scheduled to work from 2-4. They willingly worked until 4:45 with smiles under their masks.

Before we started, a customer came into the store. Lance told him what we were doing. This kind customer left money to buy 10 pizzas for all the volunteers.

Around 5:30, Chris and I loaded into the U-haul and headed to Dumfries Elementary School. We dropped off 25 desk lamps, 25 chairs, 12 book shelves and the first few completed desks.

The other desks that needed time to dry were left at Woodcrafters. Instead of us having to go back and get them, Lance offered to deliver them to school later in the week.

My heart was warmed by the generosity and kind heartedness of the families, friends and Rotary members who gave 3 hours of their Saturday to help build desks for our students. There aren't enough thank you"s in the world for me to say.

This is HEART.

Our blessings continue with the donation of some desk lamps by the church I grew up in. Thank you for supporting us.

What is this, you ask?
25 beautiful bookshelves sent from Desks By Dads in MD to help our students create their own home library. How amazing is that?

Thank you!!!