On Tuesday, November 28th, iEARN-USA held a full-day celebration for #GivingTuesday! 

With the generous support of the community, and a match from Facebook and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we successfully raised more than $10,000 to forward global education programs and opportunities for meaningful cross-cultural connections for K-12 youth and educators in the U.S. and internationally.

Passport-to-iEARN

Throughout the day we held Passport to iEARN - 12-hrs of Live-streaming Webinars on Facebook Live introducing iEARN-USA's programs and international community. 

On Facebook, there was incredible engagement from the community: 2,070 post engagements, 3,752 video views, 21 new followers, and 13 new 5 star reviews. 

iEARN-USA staff, educators, project facilitators, NSLI-Y and YES program alumni, and supporters of iEARN joined in throughout the day. We had a great time sharing about all of iEARN’s programs, and engaging in a discussion about global education. 

Did you miss the Passport-to-iEARN? You can access all the videos on our Facebook page. Some of the most popular webinars were:

Open House

We also held an Open House at our offices in NYC from 4pm-7pm for local educators, community members, neighbors, and supporters.

There were plenty of fun activities offering guests a chance to learn about iEARN through a timeline gallery of iEARN's history and experience an iEARN projects first-hand. Visitors experienced features of a brand-new collaboration project, "360 VR Cultural Exchange" with Google VR cardboard.

Refreshments for the event was generously sponsored by Lagunitas Brewing Company, Famous Famiglia Pizzeria, and The Hungarian Pastry Shop. 

Again, we are truly grateful for all of your support and love from the community in New York and around the world on #GivingTuesday.