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Ms. Hilleman from Thornton CO is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ukes for Youth

My students need 13 Ukulele Starter Packs.

  • $555 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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.

Students at the Colorado Title I school where I teach elementary music need many classroom instrumental musical opportunities as private music lessons are not an option for most.

Many of my students express a desire to learn guitar. Because of the prohibitive cost of buying guitars and the lack of physical storage space in my classroom, I would like to use ukuleles in my Grade 3-5 music classes. I would also offer an after school extracurricular activity for very motivated students.

Ukuleles will be a fun way for my students to grasp chord structures while accompanying themselves and each other. I hope to provide ukes for one classroom of students by obtaining 13 ukuleles through Donors Choose and use the equivalent amount of money from my limited budget for a total of 26 instruments.

Your help with this ukulele project would add significantly to our Title I students' musical education by letting them experience playing chords and accompanying themselves on the ukulele, a stringed instrument.

Ms. Hilleman
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ukulele Starter Pack (Standard) • Woodwind & Brasswind $29.99 13 $389.87

Materials cost

$389.87

Vendor shipping charges

 $38.99

Sales tax

 $11.31

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$455.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.88

Total project goal

$554.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $554.88

14 Donors

-$543.90

Donations toward project cost

-$455.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.90

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.98

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 $0.00

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