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Newspaper in Education sponsors partner with The Birmingham News to support teachers and students in our community by providing classroom sets of our newspaper and newspaper-based educational materials to teachers at reduced cost.

If you are a teacher utilizing NIE resources, we encourage you and your students to write the companies sponsoring your program to let them know how important newspapers are to your teaching and your students' learning.

Corporate Sponsorship

By becoming a NIE sponsor, your corporation provides newspapers and curriculum support to local schools. Schools receive these newspapers plus additional educational materials and education workshops at a greatly reduced cost.

As a sponsor, companies may elect to exclusively fund:

The NIE program in general
A specific school, or several schools in our community
A special classroom program such as Geographic Challenge, Math Magic, Science in the News, and other subject-specific programs throughout the school year.
In addition to monetary support, Newspaper In Education companies are encouraged to volunteer at schools supported by their corporate donations.

All NIE corporate sponsors receive the following benefits:

Recognition by The Birmingham News in prominent full-page "Thank-You" announcements run bi-monthly in the newspaper
Recognition in schools through sponsor lists provided to schools
Letters sent to parents of each student in the supported schools informing them of the sponsorship
Recognition through name and logo placement on any materials used in conjunction with your donation
Opportunities to conduct co-promotional campaigns or events that benefit NIE
Recognition on this website
An award for display

To Become a Corporate Partner:

If your company is interested in becoming a Newspaper In Education sponsor, please contact:

Angela R. Balfour
NIE Director
Phone: (205) 325-3397
abalfour@bhamnews.com

Sponsorship by Individuals

If you are interested in supporting education and literacy, you can partner with The Birmingham News to sponsor classroom materials and newspapers by making a contribution. Individuals can donate any amount of money and either sponsor the NIE program in general or support a specific school or group of schools, or even a specific class at a school.

To Become an Individual Sponsor:

If you wish to make a personally customized donation, such as providing NIE materials to a child's school or individual class, please contact:

Angela R. Balfour
NIE Director
Phone: (205) 325-3397
abalfour@bhamnews.com

You may also make a general donation to The Birmingham News Newspaper In Education program.

Please make checks payable to:

The Birmingham News
Attention: NIE

And mail them to:

The Birmingham News
Newspaper in Education
P.O. Box 2553
2201 4th Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35202

Donate your paper when you go on vacation:

It's easy to contribute to the Newspaper In Education program if you stop delivery of your paper when you go out of town. Just call (205) 325-4444 and tell the representative you wish to make a "Vacation Donation." Your newspaper will not be delivered for the days you specify and will be donated to a school in your zipcode area.