Hayward businesses recognize Hayward students are their future workforce and want to help them get a quality education. We are reaching out to the rest of the community to patronize the participating businesses. A percentage of your purchases from these businesses goes exclusively toward the purchase of classroom supplies for Hayward students. 100% of the donations are used strictly to purchase classroom supplies.

Our strength is in our numbers, the amount of money that can be continuously generated by businesses working together, can dwarf any single contribution made by big business alone. When you, a member of our community, patronize a business in our program, not only does it enhange the education of our students, but it sends a message that the Hayward community strongly stupports education and we will patronize businesses who support education.

“It’s not possible for our schools and teachers to shoulder the responsibility of educating Hayward’s children alone. If we live in and benefit from the Hayward community, we must look deep within ourselves and ask the question: ‘What can I do to make a difference at a school, in a classroom, or in the life of even one child.’”
-Scott Raty, President, Hayward Chamber of Commerce

By our community supporting small business, and small business supporting our students’ education, and students becoming better educated, our students will seek a higher education. Students with a quality education will make more productive, secure and valuable employees, allowing the businesses they work for to prosper. When it becomes known that the Hayward community actively supports education, and that our students are well educated due to the community support. Hayward will then draw additional business, other supporting entities, and additional high quality teachers, thereby increasing our prosperity and improving our quality of life.