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Ms. Dennis from Elyria, OH is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Dennis's classroom raised $359

Please Help! We Need A Work Tray!

My students needs a Velvasoft Discovery Tray with Guard, Window Blocks, and a Hands-On Beginning Geometry Kit.

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Ms. Dennis Murray Ridge School
Elyria, OH Grades 3-5

I teach children who are home due to medical fragility and multiple disabilities. They are Primary through Senior High ages. Our program is located in an economically depressed manufacturing area with most of the students qualifying for reduced or free lunches. Our students come from culturally diverse families living in small/mobile homes, rentals or subsidized housing units. Family budgets are often too stretched to afford anything beyond the very basics for their special needs children.

It is very difficult for my students to use art materials, sensory items, even specific subject props. My students need hands on learning to understand basic concepts. Many of my students have to work from unsafe work surfaces at home such as unsteady or small folding trays/tables. Some students are working from their lap.

The Velvasoft Discovery Tray with Guard will enable my students to have a safe and secure work surface. No more bungee corded wooden tops, small collapsible trays, or uncomfortable laps please! The Window Blocks will help my students with vision issues to increase their ability to focus. Window Blocks with the Hands-on Geometry Kit provide a way for my students to understand difficult concepts.

My students need a chance to get the most out of their school sessions. You can provide these wonderful children a safe and secure way to work with school materials. It is possible for these special children to understand more about their world with your donation. Thank you so much for reading this proposal.

More than a third of students from low‑income households

14 students impacted 9 donors
Ms. Dennis Murray Ridge School Grades 3-5 Elyria, OH View local requests

More than a third 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

14 students impacted 9donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
RE888 - Window Blocks • Lakeshore Learning $49.95 1 $49.95
LA237 - Hands-On Beginning Geometry Kit • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
Velvasoft Discovery Tray with Guard • Abilitations, Inc. $175.99 1 $175.99

Materials cost

$255.89

Vendor shipping charges

 $25.59

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$294.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.61

Total project goal

$358.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $358.93

8 Donors

-$358.93

Donations toward project cost

-$294.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.60

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