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5 Ways to Make Your Alpaca Day Great!
Alpaca can be used to create a fun, inspiring, and joyful experience that improves morale for teachers. From making pack delivery a student incentive to involving parent volunteers in surprising your teachers - our principals have shared some amazing ideas for how to delight teachers with their monthly pack!
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Alpaca's new neighbor "fuels the day" for 2600+ teachers
In February, Alpaca was proud to partner with Clean Slate Food Co, a meal delivery service and new Millwork Commons neighbor here in Omaha. Our pack included incredible snacks, treats, and a reusable lunch container for teachers. It was a hit!
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Welcome to the Zen Den
This is the brilliant work that doesn’t show up on a teacher’s job description.This is the innovation that we don’t hear about in news articles about teachers and schools.This is the untold work of a teacher who will spend her weekend refurbishing a rocking chair, in hopes that it will help one more kid open up and let her in.
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What a teacher needs refilled monthly, quarterly, yearly, & always
If you’re wondering how to help a teacher throughout the year, here’s the list of what we need, and how often we need it, straight from the source!
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Starting a company with 27 handwritten thank you notes
One year ago today, I officially launched Alpaca. We built 27 packs of supplies and appreciation for teachers at one Omaha school. They were paid for by me and my parent friends (our kids go to that school), and the whole thing was still called a "project."
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Alpaca’s Five Promises: 2022 Impact Report
10,000 packs delivered. $284,500 back in teachers pockets. 10,500 thank you notes written. A new team, a new office, and thousands of parents supporting teachers! See how we did against our company's commitments in our first ever impact report.
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Pack Reveal: The Alpaca Holiday Gift Pack
For this year’s Holiday Gift Pack, we partnered with some truly incredible brands who are excited to support teachers with some beautiful gifts. Each pack will have unique styles, colors, and exact offerings, but every pack has the same value (more than $45 of stuff!) and each will delight your teacher.
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National Substitute Educator Day: Subs Are Superheroes
Thank you to all of the subs who give teachers a much-needed break, who fill in in a pinch, and step up and step in with confidence every day. I’ve been there, and I know the job is difficult. You are needed, valued, and appreciated. You’re not “just a sub.” You’re a superhero.
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BIG news: Alpaca is coming to every Omaha Public Schools teacher!
We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with the Omaha Public Schools district! Support from Omaha Public Schools will ensure that Alpaca packs get to every single OPS elementary teacher this year. We are grateful to work with Nebraska's largest school district!
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Stop guessing! 10 holiday teacher gifts, picked by real teachers
No mugs, no apples. Why? Because your teachers are so much more than those cute school themes might suggest. Want the real list, from real teachers? Here are the 10 holiday gift ideas that make teachers feel like respected, appreciated professionals. From Alpaca contributing educator Leigh Dunn.
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Featured Teacher: Leigh Dunn
This month’s featured teacher is Leigh Dunn from Willowdale Elementary School in Omaha, Nebraska. Ms. Dunn is known for her creativity in the classroom, so the October pack was a home run for her class!
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What's in the Pack: October!
One of our favorite things at Alpaca is hearing the incredibly creative ways teachers solve problems, make great (and innovative) use of resources, and reach kids! Thanks to the amazing Alpaca supporters, parent subscribers, and district partners, our teachers got a GREAT pack this month. Check it out!
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We took our first company retreat 1,400 miles across the country, on a train.
In September, Alpaca set off on our very first company retreat. On Amtrak. For 38 hours. For 1,400 miles from Omaha, Nebraska to Truckee, California.
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How to support your teacher in 5 minutes or less.
If you have five minutes today, you have time to support your teacher. And best of all, it’s free.
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What's in the Pack: Teachers hold us all together in September!
Teachers hold our communities together in extraordinary ways - here's how we celebrated them in September! This month, we delighted 800+ teachers with all the things they use to organize and decorate their classrooms!
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New schools, new hires, new packs - September has been big!
Happy September, Alpaca friends! Now that school is back in full swing around Omaha, the Alpaca team is as busy as we can be – new schools, new packs, new partners – read all about it!
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Alpaca in the News: WOWT joins September's packout
Telling the stories of parents and community members supporting teachers through Alpaca is one of our favorite things and we love to welcome new friends to our space! WOWT joined Alpaca for a recent packout - check it out!
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What's in the Pack: Our BIG Back to School packs were a huge hit!
We kicked off the school year with our biggest pack of the year! From prize boxes to delight students to gorgeous pens; everyone's favorite Astrobrights papers to essential classroom cleaning and wellness supplies -- this pack has a little bit of everything. And teachers LOVED it. See what they got!
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August Update: 20 New Schools!
Alpaca is kicking off the new school year with BIG news: 20 incredible schools (and 700 extraordinary teachers), a program to match every parent subscription 1 for 1, and the awesome things parents are doing to bring Alpaca to their schools.
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Alpaca in the News: Flatwater Free Press
From Flatwater Free Press: Colored paper, coats and cookies: Teachers dip into own pockets to supply classrooms, aid students
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Alpaca in the news: KETV covers delivery to Kellom Elementary
Thank you to Jonah Gilmore from KETV NewsWatch 7 for covering our story, mission, and this exciting delivery day to one of our new Alpaca schools, Kellom Elementary!
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Five promises we’re making at Alpaca
Over time and as our team formed, we’ve solidified the promises we are making, as a team, as we grow Alpaca. Here’s what we’re promising our customers, our teachers, our investors, and each other.
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Alpaca is gearing up for BIG things in August!
Summer break may be in full swing for teachers, principals, students, and parents but the Alpaca team was busy getting ready (and getting extra excited) for our very first back to school season!
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Alpaca in May: We're live!
May was an exciting month at Alpaca! It marked the opening of Alpaca’s new office in Millwork Commons, new additions to the team (yay!), the launch of our new website, blog, and social media pages, and our first teacher appreciation party where 40+ teachers shopped our “supply bar” and celebrated the end of the school year.
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What's in the Pack: Reflection and rest are ahead in May, teachers!
In time for the last month of school, teachers can start looking forward to a reflective summer with journaling supplies, poetry, and everyone's favorite: ice cream!
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Want to delight an elementary school teacher?
If you’re looking for the perfect gift for your teacher, we’ve got your back. We survey every teacher we work with to hear about what supplies they love the most, what they don’t need, what they spend their own money on, and what brands they choose!
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“I’ve got a $6,500 smart board but I can’t get pencil-top erasers.”
As we descend the small staircase to her basement-level classroom, Erin remarks with a smile, “you know, in 25 years of teaching, I’ve never once had a window in my classroom!” It isn’t stated as a complaint but rather a badge of honor.
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What's in the Pack: Let's get outside in April!
140 teachers at 5 schools received a pack of well-organized and delightful supplies to head back outside as the weather warms up!
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What's in the Pack: Bright and Colorful for March!
Bright, colorful, and filled with JOY -- our March packs brought some color into the cold of winter here in Omaha, Nebraska. The best part: they were curated by two amazing art teachers right here in Omaha!
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What's in the Pack: February's We Love Teachers Packs
Check out the lovely teacher appreciation treats we delivered to 3 schools (67 teachers!) in February!
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What's in the Pack: Our very first pack delivery!
In our very first packs, Alpaca welcomed back Washington Elementary's 27 teachers from the holiday break with a refresh of classroom necessities.
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