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Mrs. Guidry from Breaux Bridge LA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Rebuild the Bridge

My students need 25 more books including drawing books and books by Sarah Dessen in our library to choose from for reading time.

  • $393 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

What happened to the shelves?! Three fourths of the library shelves were destroyed when the carpeting was removed from the library two years ago. We had some wood shelves built to start to replace what was lost, but we had to lose 3,000 books in the process.

Breaux Bridge is a rural area with sugarcane fields and crawfish ponds.

Our students need to be able to find what they need in the library, and they need to read to learn more about the world around them. Many of them never leave the parish, and most of them will never leave the state.

My Project

The students of Breaux Bridge High School need a wide variety of books to read during our silent reading time. They need to broaden their horizons so that they know there is a big world out there that they can conquer. Many students are talented in art and need guidance in their drawing. Books can provide them with an outlet for their creativity.

A lost metal shelf from the original library shelves was found in a classroom.

It is the perfect place to start to rebuild the collection that was lost. Students come in asking for books to read, but we just don't have the funds to buy all the books we need for our students. We have 844 students and less than 6500 books. Help us Rebuild the Bridge!

Mrs. Guidry
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lauren Conrad Style Guide Lauren Conrad • AKJ BOOKS $11.10 1 $11.10
The Gift (Witch and Wizard Series #2) James Patterson, Ned Rust • AKJ BOOKS $9.39 1 $9.39
Drawing: The Only Drawing Book You'll Ever Need to Be the Artist You've Always Wanted to Be Kathryn Temple • AKJ BOOKS $12.27 1 $12.27
Patience, Princess Catherine Carolyn Meyer • AKJ BOOKS $5.97 1 $5.97
Mary, Bloody Mary: A Young Royals Book Carolyn Meyer • AKJ BOOKS $5.97 1 $5.97
Doomed Queen Anne Carolyn Meyer • AKJ BOOKS $5.97 1 $5.97
Duchessina: A Novel of Catherine de' Medici (Young Royals Ser.) Carolyn Meyer • AKJ BOOKS $5.97 1 $5.97
The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie-Antoinette (Young Royals Series) Carolyn Meyer • AKJ BOOKS $14.62 1 $14.62
Beware, Princess Elizabeth: A Young Royals Book Carolyn Meyer, Deborah Halverson (Editor) • AKJ BOOKS $6.57 1 $6.57
Loving Will Shakespeare Carolyn Meyer • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy Series #6) Richelle Mead • AKJ BOOKS $10.07 1 $10.07
The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe (B&N Exclusive Deluxe Edition with DVD) Theodore Gray • AKJ BOOKS $17.29 1 $17.29
Drawing for Older Children and Teens: A Creative Method for Adult Beginners, Too Mona Brookes • AKJ BOOKS $12.60 1 $12.60
Fashion 101: A Crash Course in Clothing Erika Stalder, Ariel Krietzman (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $16.48 1 $16.48
How to Draw Fast Cars, Monster Trucks and Fighter Jets Christopher Hart • AKJ BOOKS $9.14 1 $9.14
Heart to Heart Lurlene McDaniel • AKJ BOOKS $8.88 1 $8.88
Viola in Reel Life Adriana Trigiani • AKJ BOOKS $11.61 1 $11.61
The Duff: Designated Ugly Fat Friend Kody Keplinger • AKJ BOOKS $11.61 1 $11.61
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath, Foreword by Frances Monson McCullough • AKJ BOOKS $14.40 1 $14.40
The Karma Club Jessica Brody • AKJ BOOKS $11.61 1 $11.61
Are U 4 Real? Sara Kadefors • AKJ BOOKS $13.79 1 $13.79
This Lullaby Sarah Dessen • AKJ BOOKS $13.79 1 $13.79
Life, After Sarah Littman • AKJ BOOKS $14.61 1 $14.61
Along for the Ride Sarah Dessen • AKJ BOOKS $13.67 1 $13.67
Keeping the Moon Sarah Dessen • AKJ BOOKS $7.68 1 $7.68

Materials cost

$270.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$23.71

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.06

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$333.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.90

Total project goal

$392.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$392.66

1 Donor

-$392.66

Donations toward project cost

-$333.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.90

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$0.00

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