Mass Teacher Resources

Description

MTR was founded in 2020 in response to the too common practice of teachers spending thousands of dollars of their own money to purchase school supplies for their classrooms.

We believe that teachers should not have to use their own money to purchase items for their students. MTR was formed to address a real need to alleviate the financial burden that many teachers take on to purchase school supplies. We are the only organization in the state that exists solely to offer these items at no cost to teachers.

The MTR Free Store at 800 West Cummings Park is a convenient and accessible space for local teachers to shop for free school supplies. Open afternoons and Saturday mornings, the Teacher Free Store is stocked with teacher "must-have" items we have secured through donations, school supply drives, corporate donors, and other reuse markets. Our approach has the added benefit of making sure that useable classroom supplies get to teachers - and stay out of local landfills.

The Teacher Free Store will open in September 2024. Teachers book appointments online and will have the opportunity to browse our shelves to select the items they need for their students.

MTR has identified full-time classroom teachers at Title 1 elementary schools in Greater Boston, located within Routes 495/95 as our primary service clients. This area encompasses 70 communities and 272 Title 1 elementary schools. We expect to serve more than 400 teachers this fall.