The Teacher Appreciation Package is an effort by Million Dollar Teacher Project to connect teachers with local businesses in their community through a week of meaningful discounts during National Education Month of November and Teacher Appreciation Week in May. The goal of the T.A.P. program is to elevate the spending power of teachers in Arizona whose compensation does not keep up with their personal and classroom needs.
By TAPPING in, local and online businesses have the opportunity to serve teachers in their community by just doing what they do best. By promoting businesses that support teachers, Million Dollar Teacher Project hopes to create a more connected community that rises together to meet and exceed the needs of local hard-working educators. When teachers benefit, we ALL benefit.
ECE/Preschool – 12 teachers must show their teaching I.D. at the time of product/service redemption in order to receive the associated T.A.P. discount.
Various discounts throughout the mall, click here for details.
5000 S. Arizona Mills Circle
Tempe, AZ 85282
CHANGING HANDS BOOK STORE
10% OFF + READER STAMP
6428 S. McClintock Dr.
Tempe AZ 85283
300 W Camelback Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85013
MEINEKE
15% OFF SERVICES (EXCLUDING TIRES)
4454 E University Ave, Mesa, AZ 85205
2056 W Soutern Ave, Mesa AZ 85202
LOWERGEAR OUTDOORS
30% OFF ANY KAYAK OR CAMPING RENTAL
LIFESTYLE PERFORMANCE TRAINING
1 FREE MONTH OF OUR ONLINE TRAINING APP PROGRAM
CAN-AM SPORTS REHAB AND CHIROPRACTIC
50% OFF VISITS!
BREAKTHROUGH SMASHROOM
25% OFF BOOKINGS AND ADD ONS!
3414 W Union Hills Dr, Suite 8
Phoenix AZ 85027
TEMPE YARN AND FIBER
15% OFF ALL REGULARY PRICED ITEMS
1415 E University Dr
A102 Tempe AZ 85288
8777 N Scottsdale Rd #306 Scottsdale, AZ 85253
Grassrootz Books & Juice Bar
BOGO on books, bulk buy on children’s books at a discounted rate, and/or 15% off total book purchases
1145 E Washington St #200, Phoenix, AZ 85034
COPPER STATE PLANNING
Secure your legacy and protect your loved ones at a 30% discount.
Check out the surveys below to TAP in for our latest Teacher Appreciation Week.
Are you a certified or retired teacher working in the Phoenix area? Help us appreciate you by letting MDTP know where in your community discounts for goods and services would be meaningful and impactful. By giving us feedback, you have the opportunity to influence where discounts in the community are offered.
TAP in and let us know which businesses or services you would like to see participate in our T.A.P. Program.
Are you a certified or retired teacher working in the Phoenix area? Help us appreciate you by letting MDTP know where in your community discounts for goods and services would be meaningful and impactful. By giving us feedback, you have the opportunity to influence where discounts in the community are offered.
TAP in and let us know which businesses or services you would like to see participate in our T.A.P. Program.
If you are a teacher or represent a business and would like to know more, please email program@mdtproject.org
Where did you go during the Teacher Appreciation Package?
Let us know below!
Without the tremendous collaboration of our partners, we would not be successful in connecting teachers to resources or businesses to their educating communities.
We encourage you to investigate the wonderful resources that they offer:
To the businesses who have participated in the T.A.P. program in the past, Million Dollar Teacher Project and our partners, thank you.
Because of you, our community has a meaningful and persistent voice in thanking and compensating teachers for their continuous hard work.
Click below to check out the Teacher Discount Card offered by Tucson Values Teachers.
All items are required.
Million Dollar Teacher Tree was first developed in a classroom by students in a program called, Next Generation Service Corps at Arizona State University in December of 2017. These students were tasked by Lloyd Hopkins, founder of Million Dollar Teacher project with developing a project that can potentially become an integral part in helping MDTP achieve its mission. The group eventually developed the original prototype for Million Dollar Teacher Tree—a cutout dollar sign that would be placed in surrounding businesses near the partner school. The idea was pitched to staff members of MDTP during the last of their class, and the project was picked up by MDTP as a new pilot program for the organization. After many months of planning, the prototype was eventually revamped into what it is today, Million Dollar Teacher Tree.
These apples are intended to provide any sort of Professional Development which, in turn, gifts them with key knowledge to add to their personal skill-set to better work with their students.
As educators, teachers are constantly looking to continually grow in their profession to not only learn how to better connect with their students, but to also make the learning experience much more exciting.
Suggested donation amount range: $10 – $100
These apples are designed to provide the typical day-to-day items in the classroom. Teachers spend can spend upwards of $1,000 out of pocket to have enough supplies yearlong for their students– to alleviate this, the Red Apples were created.
Everyday school supplies include; pencils, notebooks, crayons, hand sanitizer, etc.
These apples are intended to provide a big-ticket item for the teachers. These supplies are typically something that the teachers can use for more than one school year.
Examples include; a class-set of computers or new furniture for the classroom.
Suggested donation amount: $500+
