In honor of May’s Teacher Appreciation Month, SONIC Drive-In’s SONIC Foundation donated $1.5 million to match all public contributions made to requests on DonorsChoose, a national nonprofit that allows individuals to donate directly to public school classroom requests submitted by teachers.

As part of SONIC’s ongoing Limeades for Learning initiative, the $1.5 million donation matched 50 percent of each donation made to all teacher requests. SONIC helped fully fund nearly 15,300 projects from teachers and schools across the country.

The following five Cape Coral teachers from three schools received a combined donation of $199 including:

• Mrs. Fields at Caloosa Elementary School for the project “Climate and Science TPT Curriculum, Please.” for Grades 3-5

• Mrs. Roberts at Caloosa Elementary School for the project “Sunshine State Readers for Our Entire School” for Grades 3-5

• Mrs. Roberts at Caloosa Elementary School for the project “Sunshine State Readers for Our Entire School Part 2” for Grades 3-5

• Mrs. Roberts at Caloosa Elementary School for the project “Book Vending Machine Refill” for Grades 3-5

• Mrs. Roberts at Caloosa Elementary School for the project “Sonday System for Our Fifth-Grade Learners!” for Grades 3-5

• Ms. Shierling at Caloosa Elementary School for the project “Out of This World Supplies” for Grades 3-5

• Mrs. Zarrillo at Oasis Elementary School North for the project “Bookworms Unite!” for Grades 3-5

• Mrs. Jacobs at Skyline Elementary School for the project “Bracelets with Charms for Great Behavior!” for Grades 3-5

“SONIC is invested in supporting the local communities served by our more than 3,500 locations, and we’re proud of the impact we’ve made over the past 14 years through Limeades for Learning,” said Lori Abou Habib, chief marketing officer of SONIC. “We’re grateful to all the SONIC guests who joined us in celebrating teachers this month by donating to a classroom request on DonorsChoose, and those who continue to help us support public education by grabbing their favorite SONIC drink and having a portion of the purchase go towards helping a nearby public school.”

Through the SONIC Limeades for Learning initiative, the brand donates a portion of proceeds from every drink, slush and shake purchase to the SONIC Foundation, which is used to support local public education. Since 2009, SONIC has donated more than $26 million to funding local classrooms, becoming one of the largest programs to support public education in the U.S.

Visit DonorsChoose.org and donate to one or more of the thousands of public school teacher requests seeking support to provide students with educational resources.

SONIC, founded in 1953, is one of the largest drive-in restaurant brands in the United States, with more than 3,500 restaurants in 47 states. SONIC is part of the Inspire Brands family of restaurants. For additional information, please visit sonicdrivein.com and inspirebrands.com.