DBAAR's Adopt-A-School Program
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The Daytona Beach Area Association of REALTORS® created an
“Adopt-A-Child Program” in 1990, and the program began to grow
each year. In 2006, the DBAAR formed a separate, wholly-owned
subsidiary 501(c) 3 corporation to make contributions to the
program tax-deductible. In 2011, the program served 14 different
agencies and “adopted” over 500 children in the Volusia County
area. REALTORS® shopped for and filled backpacks with school
supplies to help ensure needy children were prepared for the
school year. After years of shopping for, transporting, storing, and ultimately packing the backpacks with supplies, DBAAR elected to raise money and contribute it to elementary schools in our area within the Volusia County public school system through an “Adopt-A-School” program. Modeled after successful private-public school partnerships around the country, DBAAR’s Adopt-A-School program selects one or more deserving schools and provides much-needed funds specifically earmarked for classrooms. This impacts more students in the school instead of a few. It also assists the teachers, who often pay for school supplies for their classrooms out-of-pocket. The grant program benefits the educational needs of the students, which is one of the principal goals for which the DBAAR Foundation was created. To ensure the funds are spent appropriately, schools are required to submit an “RFF” or Request for Funds form which outlines the specific use(s) of the funds. Once approved by DBAAR’s Member Services Committee and its Board of Directors, money is directed towards the school’s needs. Since revising the Adopt-A-School program in 2011, the program has been able to assist local schools with items such as document cameras, computers, books, calculators, and playground, physical education and music equipment with monetary contributions and fundraising efforts totaling almost $50,000.
In 2013, it was decided to give Adopt-A-School supporters a choice of either contributing monetary funds to the program to assist the local schools or to donate a backpack filled with the basic school supplies to children at local homeless shelters. Since making this change in 2013, the program has been also able to supply over 300 children with needed supplies to help them start school. Adopt-A-School Pledge Substantiation of Charitable Giving Form Request for Funds Target Schools The following is a list of the public elementary schools in our geographic area: |
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Champion Elementary School (formerly Hurst) Cypress Creek Elementary School Holly Hill School Horizon Elementary School Longstreet, R.J. Elementary School Ormond Beach Elementary School Ortona Elementary School Osceola Elementary School Palm Terrace Elementary School Pathways Elementary School |
Pine Trail Elementary School Port Orange Elementary School South Daytona Elementary School Spruce Creek Elementary School Sugar Mill Elementary School Sweetwater Elementary School Tomoka Elementary School Turie T. Small Elementary School Westside Elementary School |
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