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Mr. Gordon from North Hollywood CA is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Violins Not Violence

My students need 4 violins because our low-income urban school owns only 27 string instruments for more than 40 students in each of the beginning string classes.

  • $1,297 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 are excited about having a chance to learn how to play a string instrument. The music program is reopening at my school, after being closed for the last 4 years. Unfortunately, my students have to take turns playing the instruments in class.

Most of my students come from low-income families who cannot afford to purchase instruments or pay for private lessons for their children.

Most of the students are Latino and African American. The school is a part of California hit hard by the economic recession.

My Project

We hope to acquire 4 more violins to give more students a chance to learn this instrument, which is part of their cultural tradition from Latin America. Many know the violin from listening to mariachi bands. Their parents will feel proud to see them at our concerts, carrying on the tradition.

My students have a lot of talent and enthusiasm, and some are good enough to get college music scholarships.

They just need the tools to get started, and I hope you will help give them that opportunity. We appreciate it!

Mr. Gordon
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Model 50 violin outfit • Woodwind and Brasswind $263.99 4 $1,055.96

Materials cost

$1,055.96

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,101.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$194.44

Total project goal

$1,296.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,296.24

30 Donors

-$1,007.00

Donations toward project cost

-$872.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$134.70

Matching donations from our partners

-$270.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$229.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.24

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$0.00

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