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Ms. McSwain from Lawndale, NC is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. McSwain's classroom raised $232

Guitar-Playing Eagles!

My students need nine acoustic guitar folding stands.

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Ms. McSwain Burns Middle School
Lawndale, NC Grades 6-8

I teach middle school music and would like to have a guitar club in which we will learn basic guitar chords and how these chords are the foundations upon which bluegrass and country music were built. We are in a rural area with a rich heritage in bluegrass and country music. We have few resources to develop guitar skills, as private lessons are costly and often far from home.

We were given nine beat-up guitars. They were used at the elementary school for several years, and we have restrung them and tried to clean them up.

We need nine guitar stands to keep these well-worn "new to us" instruments from getting broken while not in use. We have limited storage space.

The important musical tradition in our area will gradually disappear unless efforts are made to pass on knowledge and skills to the youth in our school community.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

25 students impacted 7 donors
Ms. McSwain Burns Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Lawndale, NC View local requests

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

25 students impacted 7donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Acoustic Guitar Folding Stand (Standard) • Woodwind & Brasswind $18.99 9 $170.91

Materials cost

$170.91

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $7.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$189.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.65

Total project goal

$231.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $231.38

5 Donors

-$231.38

Donations toward project cost

-$189.73

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.65

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