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Ms. Nelson from Portland OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Feed Me a Story!

My students need 40 copies of the book "Feed," by M.T. Anderson.

  • $416 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

I teach at an incredible school, full of potential movers and shakers. These great kids come from dire circumstances and are in desperate need of encouragement, guidance, and support. We are a very high-need school that strives to offer a level of education equal to that of a private school. Even though our students (or our school) may not be privileged financially, we are privileged intellectually.

After completing a government-based unit on the novel, "Brave New World," we are launching into the exciting world of economics. Students are in need of another exciting piece of literature to delve into as we study global consumerism and I found the perfect novel! The only problem is: our school (and surrounding schools) do not own a class set of this amazing work of literature.

You can help 40 teenagers, with impressive potential, read a life-changing book. (I'm starting to sound like an infomercial.) Each student will receive a copy of "Feed" to read at home, enriching their economic education and literacy. As my students prepare for college I want to assist them in any way possible: and the best way is encouraging them to read! Reading is the root of all knowledge, the spark that ignites the fire, the key to life. . .

Your help will ensure my students read a novel that not only teaches the ethics of consumerism, but also motivates students to read-a gift that can't be beat!

Ms. Nelson
Grades 9-12
  • Pauling Academy of Science-Marshall
  • Portland, OR
    • More than half of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 40 students.

    4 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Feed M. T. Anderson • Barnes and Noble $7.19 40 $287.60

Materials cost

$287.60

Vendor shipping charges

 $28.76

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$341.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.85

Total project goal

$415.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $415.85

2 Donors

-$200.18

Donations toward project cost

-$170.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.03

match offer

-$201.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$164.82

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.18

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.32

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 $0.00

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