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Mrs. Waldo from Gwinn MI is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Operation Beautiful Kindness Campaign

My students need a digital camera/DVDs, a coffee machine and coffee, packs of self-stick notes, marker/pen sets, sticker sets, and quote books.

  • $929 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

In her book, "Operation Beautiful: Transforming The Way You See Yourself One Post-it Note At a Time" Caitlin Boyle's mission is to encourage people to post positive anonymous notes in public places for others to find. This made my students wonder, "What would happen if we did this in our school?"

Please help empower my amazing group of twenty-one creative writing students!

They would love to collaborate with ABC Family's "Bright Students, Big Ideas" double-your-impact offer. Our school is located in a rural area in Michigan. We are a high poverty school district with over 60 percent of the students eligible for free and reduced priced lunch. Many of our students receive Special Education services. We have a high number of transient students because a part of our district was converted to low-income housing when an Air Force base closed. Due to a steady loss of students (over 250 in five years)and major decreases in state aid, our district has cut over $1.1 million in expenditures from our general fund budget in three years. We are expected to cut another $1.8 million. Despite the challenges, however, we teachers continue to support our students and to educate them to the best of our oblatory school ranked fourth in the Upper Peninsula for College Readiness based on ACT Scores.

My Project

I have requested a digital camera & DVDs to document our project & create digital stories, 15 packs of self-stick notes, 6 marker/pen sets, 3 sticker sets, 5 quote books,& a Keurig coffee machine and coffee packs for early morning work sessions. Using the power of voice my 21 writers will help Boyle accomplish the Operation Beautiful mission by encouraging their peers to end negative self-talk. We will leave messages on lockers, bathroom mirrors and stalls, halls, office spaces,cafeteria,locker-rooms,and the classes of our HS and MS building. We will create anonymous messages to post before and after school. The students will document the project in their journals, record images with a camera, & create digital stories that will be blogged online and shared with author Caitlin Boyle. Last year our hs and ms participated in "Challenge Day," a program created to stop bullying and encourage students to "Be the Change." This project would help us keep the Challenge Day spirit alive.

I am always looking for ways to empower my students and help them find ways to create, communicate, publish and find their voices.

My creative writing students are gifted with words and often use the digital landscape to share messages with the world. This project will allow them to touch lives with their wisdom and the post-it notes in our building will only be the beginning. Since they will be creating digital stories they will also share the images they create via online spaces. Thank you!

Mrs. Waldo
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Today I Will • AKJ Books $11.83 1 $11.83
Nikon Coolpix L24 14.0-Megapixel Digital Camera - Red • Best Buy $119.99 1 $119.99
Keurig Elite Brewer - Black • Best Buy $119.99 1 $119.99
Keurig Green Mountain Pumpkin Spice K-Cups (18-Pack) • Best Buy $11.99 1 $11.99
Keurig K-Cup Newman's Own Organics Extra Bold Coffee for Keurig Brewers (18-Pack) • Best Buy $11.99 1 $11.99
Keurig Green Mountain Hot Apple Cider K-Cups (16-Pack) • Best Buy $11.99 1 $11.99
Keurig Cafe Escapes Milk Chocolate Hot Chocolate K-Cups (16-Pack) • Best Buy $12.99 1 $12.99
We Empower • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
Grace • AKJ Books $11.06 1 $11.06
Respectfully Quoted • AKJ Books $18.46 1 $18.46
Words of Wisdom • AKJ Books $8.10 1 $8.10
POST-IT NOTES SUPR STCKY 3X3 ASST ULTRA 90/SHT PD PACK OF 12 • School Specialty Inc. $17.47 1 $17.47
POST-IT NOTES SUPER STICKY RECYCLED NOTES PACK OF 12 • School Specialty Inc. $22.79 1 $22.79
POST-IT NOTE 4X4 LINED SUPR-STIKY ULTRA 90/PD PACK OF 6 • School Specialty Inc. $12.82 1 $12.82
POST-IT NOTE 4X6 LINED SUPR-STIKY ULTRA 90/PD PACK OF 3 • School Specialty Inc. $9.49 1 $9.49
NOTES POST-IT HEARTS SHAPE • School Specialty Inc. $3.79 3 $11.37
POST-IT NOTE 6X4 SUPR-STIKY MEETING 45 SHT/PD PACK OF 8 • School Specialty Inc. $14.24 1 $14.24
POST-IT NOTE 4X6 NEON LINED ASST 100 SHT/PAD PACK OF 3 • School Specialty Inc. $9.87 1 $9.87
POST-IT NOTE 3X5 ULTRA ASST CLR 100 SHEET/PAD PACK OF 5 • School Specialty Inc. $9.49 1 $9.49
POST-IT NOTES SUPER STICKY RECYCLED 4'' X 4'' PACK OF 6 • School Specialty Inc. $17.85 1 $17.85
POST-IT NOTE 8X6 SUPR-STIKY MEETING 45 SHT/PD PACK OF 4 • School Specialty Inc. $14.24 1 $14.24
POST-IT NOTE 3X5 NEON ASST 100 SHEET/PAD PACK OF 5 • School Specialty Inc. $9.78 1 $9.78
ADHESIVE NOTE PADS RULED 3''X5'' 5/PK ASSORTED • School Specialty Inc. $7.78 1 $7.78
ADHESIVE NOTE PADS PLAIN 3''X5'' 5/PK 2 OE 1 GN YW PK • School Specialty Inc. $8.16 1 $8.16
ADHESIVE NOTES RULED 4''X6'' 5/PK PASTEL COLORS • School Specialty Inc. $11.20 1 $11.20
ADHESIVE NOTES RULED 4''X6'' 5/PK EXTREME COLORS • School Specialty Inc. $13.67 1 $13.67
MARKER PERMANENT ULTRA FINE TIP ASSORTED FASHION COLOR PACK OF 36 • School Specialty Inc. $18.99 1 $18.99
MARKER PERMANENT ULTRA FINE SHARPIE RT ASST PACK OF 8 • School Specialty Inc. $16.14 1 $16.14
MARKER SHARPIE 12 COLOR SET FINE SET OF 12 • School Specialty Inc. $9.30 1 $9.30
MARKER DRY ERASE GREAT ERASE GRIP POCKET PACK OF 30 • School Specialty Inc. $27.54 1 $27.54
MARKER EXPO 2 LOW ODOR FINE SET OF 8 • School Specialty Inc. $9.49 1 $9.49
PENS GELLY ROLL STARDUST • School Specialty Inc. $16.81 1 $16.81
STICKER SPARKLE STAR ASST PK • School Specialty Inc. $7.40 1 $7.40
STICKERS WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR? • School Specialty Inc. $6.64 1 $6.64
STICKERS STINKY SMILES + STARS JUMBO VARIETY PACK OF 648 • School Specialty Inc. $12.72 1 $12.72
Memorex 100-Pack 16x DVD+R Disc Spindle • Best Buy $38.99 1 $38.99

Materials cost

$699.99

Vendor shipping charges

$43.52

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$789.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$139.24

Total project goal

$928.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$928.25

4 Donors

-$464.13

Donations toward project cost

-$394.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.62

match offer

-$464.12

Match offer toward project cost

-$394.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.62

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$0.00

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