This month, SONIC Drive-In donated $1.5 million to help fund local education needs through 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 brand matched 50 percent of each donation made to teacher requests on DonorsChoose for Teacher Appreciation Day on May 3, donating a total of $1.5 million. With this donation, SONIC helped fully fund more than 9,000 projects from teachers across the country.

The following are among the exceptional teachers who received funding:

In Cape Coral, Florida, seven teachers from two schools received a combined donation of $463.00 including:

• Allison Randall at Caloosa Elemen-tary School for the project Literacy for Little Learners for Grades PreK-2

• Allison Ross at Caloosa Elementary School for the project Literacy Centers to the Rescue! for Grades PreK-2

• Elvira Padron at Caloosa Elementary School for the project Literacy is Impossible without Earbuds! for Grades PreK-2

• Gretchen Kmetz at Caloosa Elementary School for the project Basics for Our Fourth Grade Team for Grades 3-5

• Susan Fields at Caloosa Elementary School for the project Social Emotional Learning, Thanks to Lakeshore! for Grades 3-5

• Suzanne Roberts at Caloosa Elementary School for the project Bingo and Dominoes, Yippee Skippy! for Grades 3-5

• Suzanne Roberts at Caloosa Elementary School for the project Growth Mindset for Grades 3-5

• Suzanne Roberts at Caloosa Elementary School for the project Creating Self Confident Learners While Closing the Gap for Grades 3-5

• Suzanne Roberts at Caloosa Elementary School for the project A Mobile Easel is Just What We Need, Please! for Grades 3-5

• Kathryn Zarrillo at Oasis Elementary North for the project “You Can Make Anything by Writing!” for Grades 3-5

“Limeades for Learning is an initiative that SONIC holds dear, and we’re proud to partner with DonorsChoose on this important work,” said Lori Abou Habib, chief marketing officer of SONIC. “Drink purchases at SONIC bring joy to our guests while supporting students and teachers in the classroom.”

SONIC donates a portion of drink proceeds to support local public schools through Limeades for Learning, in partnership with education nonprofit, DonorsChoose. SONIC has donated more than $20 million to directly fund local education programs since 2009.

For those wishing to make an additional donation to a classroom project in their local community, 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.