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Help Us Publish Our Novels this November!

My project needs a manual book binding machine, 200 binding combs, 200 binding covers and a case of Office Depot brand paper.

  • $485 goal

This project expired on May 2, 2008.

This project expired on May 2, 2008.

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Ms. Rushek Corliss Early College STEM High School
Chicago, IL Grades 9-12

For the month of November, my Writing Workshop classes have been participating in the NaNoWriMo Project. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. Every day, my juniors come to class and work diligently to write novels and to meet their word counts of 30,000 - 50,000 words. Since I am participating alongside of them, I know how much of a challenge it is to attempt to write a novel in a month, and I am both ashamed and proud to say that my students are doing better than I!

Since the students are writing novels this month, I feel as though I need to give them something tangible to remember this challenging and rewarding experience. They should be able to have something concrete to show their families, and potentially their own children some day. I want them to feel published and proud of what they've accomplished. Something so educationally positive rarely comes to my students.

Someone could help us publish these novels. I am asking for a book binder, and the supplies it would take to make concrete books out of their 50,000 words. Students will be more apt to revise their word into something spectacular if they know it will be published. I can't describe the look on my students faces if they would be able to literally publish their novel.

Please support this project. My students rarely receive the type of positive press that being a part of the NaNoWriMo project is giving them. I want them to remember this process, and empower them to keep writing. Your donation could turn one hundred and forty voiceless high school students into authors.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

140 students impacted
Ms. Rushek Corliss Early College STEM High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chicago, IL View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

140 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
GBC(R) C95 Comb Binding Machine • Office Depot Inc. $194.99 1 $194.99
Office Depot(R) Brand 1/2quot Binding Combs, 90-Sheet Capacity, Black, Pack Of 100 • Office Depot Inc. $13.29 2 $26.58
Office Depot(R) Brand Poly Binding Covers, 8 3/4quot x 11 1/4quot, Clear, Box Of 100 • Office Depot Inc. $42.74 2 $85.48
Office Depot(R) Brand White Copy Paper, 20 Lb, 104 Brightness, 8 1/2quot x 11quot, Case Of 10 Reams • Office Depot Inc. $30.59 1 $30.59

Materials cost

$337.64

Vendor shipping charges

 $33.76

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$397.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.15

Total project goal

$484.15

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