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Mrs. Briggs from Houston TX is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Encouragement Goes A Long Way!

My students need to receive notes of encouragement using these notecards.

  • $553 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My students are pregnant or parenting teens. These students are in the 7th-12th grades and attending middle school or high school full time while parenting an infant or toddler.

Being a full time parent is demanding enough! Now add being a full time middle or high school student, and being under age 18, a child yourself. These parenting students have chosen an extremely difficult task, to parent their child while continuing their education. Their goal and ours is that they graduate and then go on to college or trade school. Some days it just seems like too much to expect of themselves and discouragement sets in. I have a team of people ready to send words of encouragement to these parents.

This is where we need your help. I need for you to supply the note cards. We plan to send each student parent a personalized message of encouragement on a monthly basis.

With your help we can encourage these young parents to continue their education! We can encourage them to meet their goals. We can lift them up with a meaningful note that will help them to take the next step towards graduation! A word of encouragement goes a long way!

Mrs. Briggs
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Avery(R) Inkjet Note Cards, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2, Embossed Ivory, Box Of 60 • Office Depot Inc. $18.87 6 $113.22
Masterpiece Studios Shimmer Note Cards, Tickled Pink, Pack Of 10 Cards/10 Envelopes • Office Depot Inc. $12.31 15 $184.65
Masterpiece Studios Panel Notes, White, Pack Of 20 Cards/20 Envelopes • Office Depot Inc. $7.19 14 $100.66

Materials cost

$398.53

Vendor shipping charges

 $39.85

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$453.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.52

Total project goal

$552.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $552.88

8 Donors

-$276.00

Donations toward project cost

-$226.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.68

match offer

-$276.44

Match offer toward project cost

-$226.68

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.76

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 $0.00

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