Target says it is opening this year's field-trip grant proposal with $4 million, with an eye toward the way the recession has eroded school funding.
The Minneapolis-based retailer will
offer 5,000 grants up to $800 to education professionals throughout the U.S., which enables one out of every 25 schools in America to send a classroom on a field trip. Since the program started in
2006, the retailer has given 7,400 grants benefiting more than 729,000 children nationwide.
Target also provides a field trip destination generator, found at Target.com/fieldtrips. --Sarah
Mahoney