Has anyone gotten a tank/supplies donated to a school?

AydenLincoln · Jan 16, 2023

Curious if anyone has had success getting a tank and supplies donated to a school/education center? My Mom is the director of education at a local college I attend…and ever since getting in the hobby she has expressed an interest in getting a tank for the education center. I’ve been reaching out to various companies and reached out to a local company who donates tanks to schools and am waiting on a reply. Anyone have any contacts or experience with this and/or recommendations on who I should reach out to in order to make this a reality? I’m located in Pennsylvania.

AydenLincoln · Jan 16, 2023

Anyone?

Viperdragon · Jan 16, 2023

I have heard of local reef clubs coming together and doing it before.

AydenLincoln · Jan 17, 2023

Viperdragon said:
I have heard of local reef clubs coming together and doing it before.

I’ll reach out to the leader of mine!

lulubap · Jan 17, 2023

Following this thread. Currently setting up a tank in school. Have already gotten some livestock donated that's waiting in my own tank, but have mostly been doing everything out of pocket.

AydenLincoln · Jan 17, 2023

I got @TopShelfAquatics and @AlgaeBarn to donate livestock for the tank! Thank you both so much! I do still need the tank or this doesn’t happen lol.

AydenLincoln · Jan 17, 2023

Now that I’m thinking about it. I think I may do a fish only with rock tank. I could get a pufferfish for the tank and a few other medium to large sized fish and I think a 75-100 gallon would work for this and even a smaller tank for a smaller species.

F i s h y · Jan 17, 2023

I am currently helping a teacher with an in classroom tank. Hobbyists and local clubs are the best way to go. If you have a local lfs they may help if they can put their name on it (donated by...) I've donated supplies, live stock, time, and lots of advice. I've also done full water testing panels and will continue to assist as long as she needs. I think it's important to give back in this hobby.

Kasrift · Jan 17, 2023

F i s h y said:
I am currently helping a teacher with an in classroom tank. Hobbyists and local clubs are the best way to go. If you have a local lfs they may help if they can put their name on it (donated by...) I've donated supplies, live stock, time, and lots of advice. I've also done full water testing panels and will continue to assist as long as she needs. I think it's important to give back in this hobby.

Same. I just dropped off some stuff I donated to a teacher that reach out on a sale thread I had. I'd just post in the classifieds for "wanting tank/equipment" and see if anyone has stuff to donate locally. I think it is really cool for a school to want to put up a tank for educational purposes for kids.

sfin52 · Jan 17, 2023

AydenLincoln said:
Curious if anyone has had success getting a tank and supplies donated to a school/education center? My Mom is the director of education at a local college I attend…and ever since getting in the hobby she has expressed an interest in getting a tank for the education center. I’ve been reaching out to various companies and reached out to a local company who donates tanks to schools and am waiting on a reply. Anyone have any contacts or experience with this and/or recommendations on who I should reach out to in order to make this a reality? I’m located in Pennsylvania.

Hit up the biology department

Krux · Jan 17, 2023

Our local club got set us as a 403c many years back, part of our charter was establishing a program to get equipment and livestock to local schools. Having that status made it easier to get donations from companies. Might be something to look into with your local club.

There hasn't been a lot of activity since the pandemic started, but here is the forum if you want to browse:

Tanks for Teachers

This is a forum to keep us up to date on our Tanks for Teachers program.

www.pnwmas.org

JeffB418 · Jan 17, 2023

If you are in PA, reach out to RCS: https://reefconservationsociety.org/schools.html

AydenLincoln · Jan 17, 2023

JeffB418 said:
If you are in PA, reach out to RCS: https://reefconservationsociety.org/schools.html

Already done!

Waiting on a reply.

AydenLincoln · Jan 17, 2023

Kasrift said:
Same. I just dropped off some stuff I donated to a teacher that reach out on a sale thread I had. I'd just post in the classifieds for "wanting tank/equipment" and see if anyone has stuff to donate locally. I think it is really cool for a school to want to put up a tank for educational purposes for kids.

That’s good idea!

Rmckoy · Jan 17, 2023

There was a post not too long ago of someone doing this exact thing. .
I’ll see if I can find the old thread

MoshJosh · Jan 17, 2023

Could always through an add on craigslist. There used to be a guy locally who would rescue bettas and guppies that people no longer wanted and he would get them into school/educational programs for kids. . .

MoshJosh · Jan 17, 2023

MoshJosh said:
Could always through an add on craigslist. There used to be a guy locally who would rescue bettas and guppies that people no longer wanted and he would get them into school/educational programs for kids. . .

*throw an ad on Craigslist

words is hard