PledgeCents Announces Newest Partner, AKJ Education, Bringing Access to More Than 180,000 Popular Classroom Products

    PHILADELPHIA, PA, March 01, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Teachers who have been working to enhance their blended classroom now have a solution to their funding problems. PledgeCents, Inc., the site which helps to bring resources and opportunities to classrooms across the country by alleviating funding needs, has partnered with AKJ Education to allow teachers and schools to easily raise funds for the more than 180,000 popular classroom products from simple teaching resources to complete solutions. AKJ Education will now be listed in the PledgeCents Marketplace and available as an option for all teachers to raise funds quickly and easily for AKJ's vast library of resources starting today.

"When initially speaking with AKJ Education, a respected brand in education for over 40 years, we were immediately looking for opportunities to collaborate after finding out that we shared the same mission - providing teachers quality resources while reducing the burden of time and money" said Andyshea Saberioon, co-founder and CEO of PledgeCents. "Through AKJ teachers have a wealth of high-quality resource options across all grades and subject giving them the option to bring those resources into the classrooms that best serve their students. That type of flexibility is something we've been passionate about providing from the start and excited that AKJ has joined us to help propel that vision!"

Through the partnership, teachers and schools will be able to utilize PledgeCents to seamlessly generate a fundraising page to cover the cost of any of AKJ's products. The PledgeCents team works with each fundraiser to help raise the necessary funds and will purchase the products needed immediately after the fundraiser ends to expedite the process. Anyone interested can visit http://www.pledgecents.com/signup/event/akj to create their own page today.

"We are thrilled to be joining the PledgeCents Marketplace," said Tim Thompson, CEO of AKJ Education. "Our mission is to break down the barriers of time and money and make it easy for schools and teachers to obtain the curriculum resources they need to teach and inspire students. Making our solutions available through emerging marketplaces like PledgeCents is an important part of delivering that mission."

AKJ Education specializes in easy-to-use, pre-assembled classroom collections and classroom libraries, based on decades of working with teachers, schools, and districts. With over 500 publisher partners, AKJ provides more than 180,000 popular and classic classroom titles in every known format supplemented with hands-on learning materials (such as games, skill builders, and digital subscriptions). In creating the most comprehensive toolbox of products, AKJ's goal is to make educators' jobs easier so they can focus their time enhancing student learning.

Representatives from organizations interested in learning more about the program can contact [email protected] or [email protected] for more information.

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