Skip To Main Content

Fiesta Sports Foundation

PALO VERDE FIESTA BOWL CHARITIES WISHES FOR TEACHERS RECIPIENTS

2024-25 WFT General

Created in 2016, the Palo Verde Fiesta Sports Foundation Wishes for Teachers program grants classroom wishes to teachers across the state of Arizona. The Fiesta Sports Foundation saw that many teachers spent their own money to enhance their classroom experience and developed a program to aid teachers in that effort. As a way to support, celebrate and honor Arizona educators, teachers are invited to fill out an online application detailing their school and classroom wish. Wishes are selected by a random drawing to receive a grant. All wish recipients become part of the Fiesta Sports Foundation family and can participate in community events throughout the year. In its nine years, Wishes for Teachers granted $8.25 million to more than 2,600 Arizona teachers, impacting more than one million students across the state.

Recipients were selected at random during a virtual Palo Verde Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teachers Draft Day presented by SRP.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

The impact that Wishes for Teachers will have on my students is that this very generous gift will give my students an exciting and engaging learning tool that will get them excited about learning new things with a hands-on approach. I am so humbled and overjoyed by the generosity!
Jana Weaver - Toltec Elementary School, Special Education Kindergarten, 2020 Wishes for Teachers Grant Recipient
The impact of this program on my students and me is immeasurable! I was able to supply my students with the gift of reading through a multitude of books at their fingertips. In a year where students cannot share materials, it has been amazing to give my students individual fiction and non-fiction books. We have been so thankful for the interactive whiteboard we were granted. It has made virtual learning take flight!
Bianca Woolridge - Freedom Traditional Academy, 2nd Grade, 2020 Wishes for Teachers Grant Recipient