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Ms. Williams from Sanford NC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Food Canning in Foods & Nutrition Class

My students need canning supplies in order to meet their objectives for preserving healthy food and learning about farm to table as well as sustainability.

  • $449 goal

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My Students

Have you ever heard of herding cats or organized chaos? Well, that is how I would have to describe my students during cooking labs. I mean that in the most heartfelt way. These high schoolers are excited and ready to go during cooking labs. Many of these students come from impoverished backgrounds and teaching them how to cook an inexpensive meal truly benefits each one. They are eager to learn a skill that will be utilized for the remainder of their lives.

My Project

In Foods & Nutrition, I will teach students about food protection. They will apply their knowledge about nutrition science and food preperation during the canning process. Foods & Nutrition students will learn what farm to table actually means when canning and preserving food. While undergoing this project, students will see the process of food preservation first hand. For example, in class we will select cucumbers from a local produce stand. We will make sweet pickles and dill pickles. From this same produce stand, we will aquire fresh fruits to make jam or jelly. Students will make fresh salsa in class and can it.

Many people in the community have already heard about our project and want to purchase our finished products.

This will encourage the entrepreneural spirit in my students. Students will handle money by putting it in an account where it can be later used to purchase more supplies needed for canning.

Ms. Williams
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ball Regular Mouth Lids and Bands - 24 pack • Amazon Business $16.71 9 $150.39
Granite Ware 0718-1 Enamel-on-Steel Canning Kit, 9-Piece • Amazon Business $42.17 3 $126.51
Mason Jar Wide Mouth Lids and Bands/ Lot of 12 • Amazon Business $14.35 2 $28.70
The All New Ball Book Of Canning And Preserving: Over 350 of the Best Canned, Jammed, Pickled, and Preserved Recipes • Amazon Business $15.60 1 $15.60

Materials cost

$321.20

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$25.05

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$381.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.25

Total project goal

$448.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$448.32

5 Donors

-$324.49

Donations toward project cost

-$283.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.17

Matching donations from our partners

-$115.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$97.75

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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$0.00

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