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Origami Builds Brains!

My students need Origami books and paper for brain-building library activities!

  • $265 goal

This project expired on April 15, 2012.

This project expired on April 15, 2012.

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Mrs. O. William Howard Taft Elementary School
Boise, ID Grades 3-5

My Students

We are a Title One school serving an 85% poverty group of students, grades K-6. Those poverty numbers are increasing due to the tough economic times. Many of our students only eat regular meals when they are at school, due to unstable family life, and some live in shelters.

I try to offer our students extra art activities, as there's always some "down time" in the library.

I have seen our upper grade students doing origami in the classroom, during math time. They LOVE it! It stimulates their creativity, and within a context! It helps them think three-dimensionally as well.

My Project

We have few, old origami books, and they're always checked out. We'd love new ones with origami paper. I'd love to be able to put out origami paper for students to make origami, then display it inside the library, for everyone to see! All supplies cost money, and our tiny PTA has no funds to support this kind of project, and I have no other resources.

Please help our students have the origami supplies to keep creating, as sometimes art falls by the wayside in the schools.

These wonderful library books will also be available for all students to check out and use! Our teachers will love them too! These connections between hands, eyes and brain are essential for our hard-thinking students. Thank you!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

250 students impacted
Mrs. O. William Howard Taft Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Boise, ID View local requests

More than half of 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

250 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Easy Origami • AKJ Books $19.72 1 $19.72
Difficult Origami • AKJ Books $19.72 1 $19.72
Animal Origami Adventure • AKJ Books $12.54 1 $12.54
Not-quite-so-easy Origami • AKJ Books $19.72 1 $19.72
Origami for Fun! • AKJ Books $19.72 1 $19.72
Origami • AKJ Books $19.72 1 $19.72
Trash Origami • AKJ Books $14.76 1 $14.76
PAPER ORIGAMI SCHOOLPACK 4.5'' SQ PACK OF 500 • School Specialty Inc. $12.63 2 $25.26
PAPER ORIGAMI SCHOOLPACK PACKOF 304 • School Specialty Inc. $20.89 1 $20.89

Materials cost

$172.05

Vendor shipping charges

 $4.62

Sales tax

 $10.41

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$224.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.65

Total project goal

$264.31

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