You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Menu
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

This teacher needs your help!

Ms. Lorenz from Chicago IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Ms. Lorenz is requesting

MAXIMUM RIDE FANTASY books for our LIBRARY!!!!

My students need 2 copies each of 4 Maximum Ride books by James Patterson.

  • $177 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

I am a librarian at an elementary school that has a very high poverty rate. I have been a classroom teacher for 10 years, but this is my second year promoting literacy all day long!!! The children at my school are very diverse, coming from every great corner of our earth. I have all grades of children from Kindergarten to grade 8 coming to check out books from the library.

My school has had huge budget cuts this year and the library has enough money to purchase about 50 books this year for a school of around 1000 students!!! This obviously will not feed their desire to read "new" books!!! A new series of chapter books that the students have been begging for is the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson. There are fantasy books with characters that are part bird/part human. We only have sadly, one of these books in the library now.

I always try to encourage our students to read books that they love to give them that lust for reading. Please help us purchase the Maximum Ride series of books so that my students will have books that they love to read. They will be overjoyed to read the series they so love!!!!

By your donation, you will be helping my students on their journeys to become life-long readers!!! You will help fuel their imaginations and creativity. You will help drive the passion for learning that I hope every student that walks into our school library will have!!!!

Ms. Lorenz
Grades 3-5

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Lorenz is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Maximum Ride: The Final Warning James Patterson • Barnes and Noble $16.00 2 $32.00
Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports James Patterson • Barnes and Noble $13.59 2 $27.18
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment James Patterson • Barnes and Noble $13.59 2 $27.18
Maximum Ride: School's Out - Forever James Patterson • Barnes and Noble $13.59 2 $27.18

Materials cost

$113.54

Vendor shipping charges

 $11.35

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$145.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.83

Total project goal

$176.83

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $176.83

4 Donors

-$170.59

Donations toward project cost

-$145.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.59

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.24

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Lorenz and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Chicago","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[26511],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"IL","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":2,"name":"Elementary School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":217137,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/maximum-ride-fantasy-books-for-our-libra/217137/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":400,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Lorenz","isEquityFocus":true,"authorIds":{"26511":{"owner":"Ms. Lorenz","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[217137],"proposalHash":"1337290456","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-1_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":31778,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["MjUyMjMw","ODU1Ng==","Mjg2Mjk5","Mzk4MTc="],"teacherId":26511,"schoolCounty":"Cook","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"IL","name":"Illinois"}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.