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Relax While We Read!

My students need 6 bean bag chairs for our classroom library to be comfortable while reading.

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Mrs. Bowen John B Drake Elementary School
Chicago, IL Grades 3-5

We are all stars in need of relaxing while we read. I teach 24 fifth graders in a high-need community. I am working on making our classroom library comfortable for the students to be able to relax and enjoy themselves as they read their novels away from their desks.

We have one bean bag in our classroom library with a sign up sheet. There's a long waiting list for students to have a chance to sit, relax and read on the bean bag chair. We really are in need of some bean bags for our classroom library.

These bean bags would really make our library more comfortable. This would help with the long waiting list that we have going with our one bean bag. Students really enjoy moving away from their desk to read with stuffed animals and sitting on a bean bag.

You will make it possible for my students to sit back and relax in a bean bag and read their novels away from their desk. My students are in need of bean bag chairs for our classroom library. This would not only enhance our library but the students will not have to sit on the floor. They can grab a bean bag chair and relax while reading.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

24 students impacted 7 donors
Mrs. Bowen John B Drake Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

24 students impacted 7donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Large Bean Bag, 108 in. Circum., Red • Highsmith $40.56 1 $40.56
Large Bean Bag, 108 in. Circum. Royal Blue • Highsmith $40.56 1 $40.56
Large Bean Bag, 108 in. Circum., Green • Highsmith $40.56 1 $40.56
Large Bean Bag, 108 in. Circum., Purple • Highsmith $40.56 1 $40.56
Large Bean Bag, 108 in. Circum., Yellow • Highsmith $40.56 1 $40.56
Large Bean Bag Chair, Dark Blue Denim • Highsmith $42.54 1 $42.54

Materials cost

$245.34

Vendor shipping charges

 $24.53

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$293.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.32

Total project goal

$357.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $357.32

5 Donors

-$344.71

Donations toward project cost

-$293.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.61

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