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Game Ball Recognition Program

Celebrate a Great Teacher on your Campus with a

Free Extra Yard Game Ball Kit!

🎉 Recognize a deserving teacher at your school with our turnkey Game Ball Delivery Kit — available FREE while supplies last!

The Extra Yard for Teachers Game Ball Recognition Program has honored over 4,000 PK-12 teachers across the country — and we’re just getting started! In partnership with the SONIC Foundation, we want to continue to celebrate exceptional educators at middle and high school football games, pep rallies, and school assemblies — all during Extra Yard for Teachers Week (September 13-20, 2025).

Each free kit includes:

  • A Extra Yard for Teachers branded game ball to present during your event

  • A “Great Teacher” t-shirt

  • A $25 DonorsChoose gift card for classroom resources

💚 It’s a simple but powerful way to show appreciation and spotlight the educators who go the extra yard every day.

📸 Be sure to share your celebration on social media using #ExtraYardGameBall and #GreatTeachersChangeLives — we can’t wait to see the impact!

👉 Request your free Game Ball Kit today and

help us celebrate the incredible teachers who shape lives and inspire futures.

College Football Playoff Foundation and AFCA expand Extra Yard For Teachers Week to High Schools through Game Ball Recognition Program in 2020.

The Choose Kindness Project for Educators

HELP YOUR STUDENTS CHOOSE KINDNESS…

The College Football Playoff Foundation and The Choose Kindness Project teamed up to create a digital toolkit for educators and coaches to help students make the right call in the classroom by choosing kindness. The kit will include resources for educators to work with families and caregivers on topics including bullying, intentional inclusion, and youth mental wellness.

To celebrate the coming launch of this digital toolkit, the College Football Playoff Foundation is giving away 1,000 Choose Kindness Project Boxes to educators and coaches! The boxes are packed with posters, stickers, lanyards, information on how to access the digital toolkit and a $50 DonorsChoose gift card, while supplies last. We’d like to invite you and a select few other DonorsChoose teachers to sign up to receive a Choose Kindness Project Box!