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Ms. Finch from Adrian MI is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

A Good System Shortens The Road To The Goal

Help me give my students two bookshelves for organizing our curriculum and data.

  • $501 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

As a 4th grade math and science teacher, I strive to have an active, hands-on learning environment. Quick access to well organized lesson plans and data books is essential to my ability to give my students what they need when they need it. Currently my "quick access" is a bookshelf by my desk. This bookshelf has fixed shelves which are not tall enough for my data and curriculum notebooks, leaving me the only option of storing them on their side, or in a closet, out of sight and out of mind.

Help me bring my curriculum and data out of the closet and within arm's reach of my desk, where I do my planning.

The great thing about this donation is that it will make a difference for my entire career as a 4th grade teacher. The more organized I am the more effective I can be as a teacher. I really want to give my students my very best. Thank you for helping me get rid of the clutter and move towards optimization of space and organization.

Ms. Finch
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Union & Scale Essentials 5 Shelf 72"H Laminate Bookcase, White (UN56974) • Staples $219.99 1 $219.99
Union & Scale Essentials 3 Shelf 45"H Laminate Bookcase, White (UN56976) • Staples $169.99 1 $169.99

Materials cost

$389.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$425.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.15

Total project goal

$500.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $500.98

4 Donors

-$463.33

Donations toward project cost

-$425.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$37.65

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 $0.00

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