public school budgets, teachers across the country have been digging into their own pockets to make sure their students have the supplies that they need. but now they can just go online and actually find donors. laura ingle live from our new york newsroom with that. reporter: hi, jon. school has only just begun, and teachers all across the u.s. have ponied up a lot of cash for paper, pens and notebooks. according to the national school supply and equipment association, teachers spend nearly $1,000 per year of their own money on classroom supplies. now strangers are shelling out donations through a crowd funding web site designed specifically for teachers called donors choose.org. it s a nonprofit organization started by charles best, a former new york city teacher, who created the web site where teachers post wish lists called projects. we vet and validate that project before posting it to the public site, and when a project