SONIC Drive-In recently donated $1.5 million to help fund local education needs through DonorsChoose, a national nonprofit that allows individuals to donate directly to public school classroom requests submitted by teachers.

As part of SONIC's ongoing Limeades for Learning initiative, the brand matched 50% of each donation made to teacher requests on DonorsChoose for Teacher Appreciation Day on May 3, donating a total of $1.5 million. With this donation, SONIC helped fully fund more than 9,000 projects from teachers across the country.

A local teacher who benefited from the program was Tiffany Doughty at East High Street Elementary School in Elizabethtown, who received a combined donation of $51 for the Book Nook project.

The Book Nook provides a comfortable space where children in prekindergarten through second grade can read and enjoy books. To learn more about the project, visit http://www.donorschoose.org/project/the-book-nook/6200568.

SONIC donates a portion of drink proceeds to support local public schools through Limeades for Learning, in partnership with education nonprofit, DonorsChoose. SONIC has donated more than $20 million to directly fund local education programs since 2009.

For those wishing to make an additional donation to a classroom project in their local community, visit http://www.donorschoose.org and donate to one or more of the thousands of public school teacher requests seeking support to provide students with educational resources.