Burlington Stores to celebrate new store, donate $5K to school teachers

Burlington Stores, the national discount retailer offering low prices every day on brand name merchandise, and AdoptAClassroom.org, a national non-profit organization dedicated to supporting teachers and their students, are thrilled to adopt classrooms at McAllen ISD.

To celebrate Burlington’s new store opening in McAllen, they are providing a $5,000 AdoptAClassroom.org donation to McAllen ISD’s Escandon Elementary.

WHEN: Friday, October 24, 7:45 – 8:15 a.m.

WHERE: Palms Crossing, 3300 West Expressway 83, Unit 200, in McAllen. The ribbon cutting will take place just outside the store.

WHAT: Celebrating Burlington Store grand opening & $5,000 donation to Escandon

WHO: Burlington Store officials, McAllen ISD officials, Escandon principal & students

The event will include a ribbon-cutting for the new store and a check presentation for Escandon.

These funds will be divided among Escandon’s teachers so that they can order the classroom supplies and resources they need for their students through AdoptAClassroom.org’s online marketplace. Escandon has approximately 450 students.

Since Burlington began partnering with AdoptAClassroom.org in 2017, they have provided more than 1.5 million students with the tools and supplies they need to succeed now and in the future.

AdoptAClassroom.org provides educators with an online marketplace of more than 20 school and office supply vendors where they can purchase the materials and tools they need to better engage with their students.

This will be the third time McAllen ISD schools have benefited with a $5,000 donation from AdoptAClassroom.org. Previous donations of $5,000 benefitted Fields Elementary in October 2024 and Alvarez Elementary in August 2025.