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Mrs. Garza from Brownsville TX is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Little Hands in Need of Arts and Crafts Supplies

My students need arts and crafts supplies that range from paint to constructions paper to complete their activities.

  • $519 goal

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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

My students started the year with an extremely low supply of materials that are vital for the expression and development of creativity which is one of the priorities in Kindergarten. These supplies are now gone and we are having to borrow from other classrooms around the school.

The students that attend my school come from very low socioeconomic background.

Most of their parents do not have the means to provide them with enrichment experiences or materials at home, so this duty is left up to our community schools. Unfortunately, our classrooms are not always equipped with the proper materials. Although their tiny little hands are limited by the hardships faced by their families, they come to school with their best smile and determination to succeed.

My Project

My number one priority for this project, is to provide my students with hands-on learning materials since it is the best way to teach five and six-year-old. I have requested an assorted variety of arts and crafts materials that will allow my little ones to create different seasonal and thematic activities and collages. I have also included markers, crayons, paints, ink pads, paint brushes and paint dabbers that will be placed in the writing and creativity center for the students to use when doing class projects. We will also need lots of construction paper that is why I have requested a wide variety of colors that will be used to create story illustrations and life cycles for our science and GT lessons. As you can see, these materials are an absolute necessity for the development of a young mind.

We live in a world where creativity and imagination have surpassed unimaginable boundaries.

I invite you to help me in being a part of the development of these little inquisitive minds. Children at this age learn through hands-on activities that give them an opportunity to explore and discover. The materials that I have requested will indeed meet this objective. Please help me get them ready to go where their imagination will take them.

Mrs. Garza
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LA716 - Hair-Colors Crinkle Strips • Lakeshore Learning $9.95 1 $9.95
EV212 - Regular Dot Art Painters • Lakeshore Learning $14.95 1 $14.95
FD972 - Classroom Paintbrushes - Set of 24 • Lakeshore Learning $9.95 1 $9.95
EV213 - Shimmering Dot Art Painters • Lakeshore Learning $14.95 1 $14.95
PX2020 - Lakeshore Fully Washable Liquid Tempera Assortment • Lakeshore Learning $27.50 1 $27.50
TA70SB - Superbright Sulphite Construction Paper - 9" x 12" - Sky Blue • Lakeshore Learning $1.89 1 $1.89
TA70HG - Superbright Sulphite Construction Paper - 9" x 12" - Holiday Green • Lakeshore Learning $1.89 1 $1.89
TA70HL - Superbright Sulphite Construction Paper - 9" x 12" - Hot Lime Green • Lakeshore Learning $1.89 1 $1.89
TA70HR - Superbright Sulphite Construction Paper - 9" x 12" - Holiday Red • Lakeshore Learning $1.89 1 $1.89
TA70HP - Superbright Sulphite Construction Paper - 9" x 12" - Hot Pink • Lakeshore Learning $1.89 1 $1.89
TA70GA - Superbright Sulphite Construction Paper - 9" x 12" - Gray • Lakeshore Learning $1.89 1 $1.89
TA70WT - Superbright Sulphite Construction Paper - 9" x 12" - White • Lakeshore Learning $1.89 1 $1.89
TA70BK - Superbright Sulphite Construction Paper - 9" x 12" - Black • Lakeshore Learning $1.89 2 $3.78
TA50SB - Construction Paper - 9" x 12" - Sky Blue • Lakeshore Learning $1.19 1 $1.19
TA50LG - Construction Paper - 9" x 12" - Light Green • Lakeshore Learning $1.19 1 $1.19
TA50DW - Construction Paper - 9" x 12" - Dark Brown • Lakeshore Learning $1.19 1 $1.19
TA50BR - Construction Paper - 9" x 12" - Brown • Lakeshore Learning $1.19 2 $2.38
TA50WT - Construction Paper - 9" x 12" - White • Lakeshore Learning $1.19 2 $2.38
VX841 - Best-Buy Standard Crayons - 12-Color Box • Lakeshore Learning $69.95 1 $69.95
AA103 - Giant Washable Color Ink Pads Set 2 • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
LA883 - Best-Buy Broad-Tip Markers - Class Pack • Lakeshore Learning $49.95 1 $49.95
FS203 - Flower Rhinestones • Lakeshore Learning $14.95 1 $14.95
FG295 - Painted Wooden Beads - 1500 Pieces • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 1 $12.95
EE751 - Collage Flowers • Lakeshore Learning $9.95 1 $9.95
BA8150 - Pom-Poms - Class Pack • Lakeshore Learning $7.95 1 $7.95
RR426 - Peel & Stick Collage Frames - Set of 30 • Lakeshore Learning $16.95 1 $16.95
TS127 - Jumbo Tempera Painters • Lakeshore Learning $11.95 3 $35.85
AA765 - Collage Pots - Set of 15 • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 2 $39.90
FG639 - Yarn Laces with Tips • Lakeshore Learning $8.95 1 $8.95
YE1621 - Collage Beads • Lakeshore Learning $4.59 1 $4.59

Materials cost

$399.53

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$440.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.74

Total project goal

$518.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$518.26

15 Donors

-$325.00

Donations toward project cost

-$277.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.00

match offer

-$192.38

Match offer toward project cost

-$163.52

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.86

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.88

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$0.00

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