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Ms. Paioff from Orlando FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

FFA Students: Help Maintain Their Future

Help me give my students a string trimmer and line so they may learn self dependence and pride of ownership as they maintain their land lab facility.

  • $609 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

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.

My Students

Students in my program are active members of the National FFA, a leadership organization for youth enrolled in agriculture education. Although they live in a major city, their experiential learning environment allows them first-hand exploration of the science of plant and animal production.

Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve: this is the motto by which my students pursue their education.

They are passionate, intelligent young individuals driven to become productive members of our society.

My Project

Our school land lab facility offers students the opportunity to grow their own plants and animals in the middle of a large city, an experience most could not otherwise have. Our students raise cattle, swine, sheep, goats, poultry, and plants through their Supervised Agriculture Experience projects right here on our campus!

Through raising plants and animals, our students learn personal accountability, time management, and commitment; these are skills necessary for career success.

Part of the responsibility of owning these projects is maintaining the facility. Unfortunately, our students do not have all of the tools necessary to do so effectively.

The string trimmer and line are needed for our students to properly manage their land lab. With the proper tools, our students will gain a sense of ownership and the self efficacy that comes with pride in one's accomplishments.

Ms. Paioff
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
TK31984213T String TrimmerStraight59 Shaft L • Grainger $440.00 1 $440.00
TK31984212T Cross Fire Trimmer Line.0953lb. Spool • Grainger $40.39 1 $40.39

Materials cost

$480.39

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$517.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.34

Total project goal

$608.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$608.94

7 Donors

-$305.00

Donations toward project cost

-$259.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.75

Matching donations from our partners

-$303.94

Match offers toward project cost

-$258.35

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.59

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$0.00

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