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Mr. Mullen from Jackson Heights NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Jumpstart our Elementary School Orchestra! (Part II)

My students need 2 three-quarter size violins (for smaller hands), shoulder rests, and rosin.

  • $576 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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

Imagine seeing your teacher (that's me!) play the fiddle, and wanting to learn. YOur teacher has to say: "Sorry, Charlie. No violins in the school." I want to change that!

These kids are like sponges.

If I put any instrument in their little hands, they will learn it. Some of them learn two or three instruments at a time! Guitar, keyboard, bass, drums, glockenspiel - - their thirst for music is infectious. I want to give them the chance to learn an instrument I wish I learned when I was their age: the fiddle.

My Project

These violins are perfect for children, in that they have perfection pegs. Usually, violins have friction pegs, which makes them difficult to tune. These violins stay in tune, which is so much more pleasant on a listener's ears. And on a student's ears! These violins are a little smaller than full-size to make it easier on the younger of our budding orchestra.

Our PS 212 Orchestra is a work in progress.

We are striving to incorporate fiddles, guitars, percussion, keyboards, glockenspiels, and more! Please help us get our orchestra in gear with violins!

Mr. Mullen
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Perfection I Violin Outfit • Woodwind & Brasswind $199.95 2 $399.90
Plastic Violin Shoulder Rest • Woodwind & Brasswind $13.89 2 $27.78
Ultra Formulation Supreme Violin Rosin • Woodwind & Brasswind $9.95 2 $19.90

Materials cost

$447.58

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$489.29

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.35

Total project goal

$575.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $575.64

5 Donors

-$447.44

Donations toward project cost

-$438.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.15

match offer

-$60.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$51.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$68.20

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 $0.00

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