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Ms. Helman from Waterbury, CT is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Garden for an Urban High School

Help me give my students a garden. Help them learn to grow plants.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Helman's classroom raised $417

This project is fully funded

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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 Project

My high school students want to learn to grow vegetables and their food. These raised garden beds and soil will enable them to do just that.

This is an urban high school in CT where many students are unfamiliar with gardening.

I hope to teach them how to grow food to help sustain themselves when they are older. They will build the garden bed and learn to grow vegetables. The soil will be used for planting and raising seeds.

We need your help to make the student's vegetable garden a reality.

Ms. Helman Crosby High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Waterbury, CT View local requests

Nearly all 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

250 students impacted 9donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
TOUFUN 8x4x1.5ft Galvanized Raised Garden Bed Large Metal Outdoor for Gardening Planter Raised Bed Flower Bed Garden Boxes Outdoor, Sliver • Amazon Business $89.99 3 $269.97
Carolina Professional Potting Soil 16 L • Carolina Biological Supply Company $13.14 3 $39.42

Materials cost

$309.39

Vendor shipping charges

 $9.95

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$353.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.47

Total project goal

$416.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $416.45

6 Donors

-$207.46

Donations toward project cost

-$177.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.82

Matching donations from our partners

-$207.46

Match offers toward project cost

-$176.34

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.53

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 $0.00

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