What Dublin First Grade Teacher Threw the First Pitch at the Oakland A's Game?

A Dublin first grade teacher put the spotlight on education on Tuesday night as he tossed the first pitch at the Oakland A’s game against the Los Angeles Angels. Garrett Fogel, from John Green Elementary School in Dublin, stepped up to the pitcher’s mound as part of Chevron’s Fuel Your School program. The program is returning to Alameda and Contra Costa counties this fall to help educators receive necessary tools for students to learn, explore, and get excited about school.

Mr. Fogel received new classroom supplies with the help of the Fuel Your School program in 2010, 2012 and 2013, including iPads and architecture kits. He has submitted a new request eligible for this year’s program, including Lego building sets and tablets to support engineering and math-related projects, which will help prepare his students for jobs of the future.

Last year, Chevron’s Fuel Your School program helped fund projects in 358 public schools in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, including Mr. Fogel’s. This year, Chevron will contribute $1 to help fund eligible classroom projects when consumers purchase 8 or more gallons of fuel from Oct. 1 to Oct. 31 at participating Chevron and Texaco stations, up to a total contribution of $1 million in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties alone. DonorsChoose.org will then use funds generated through the Fuel Your School program to help purchase and distribute classroom materials for eligible projects at local public schools.

The Fuel Your School program can have a big impact for local public school classrooms, including Mr. Fogel’s, and their students’ future. Consumers can track the progress of funded projects in each city at www.FuelYourSchool.com.

Information, photo submitted by Chevron’s Fuel Your School program.

Photo: Teacher and first pitcher, Garrett Fogel, with the A’s first baseman, Nate Freiman.