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Mr. Harshman from Saint Louis MO is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Healthy Student is a Student Who Learns!

Help me give my students some nutritious snacks so they can stay healthy and learn!

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

I won’t lie: I am immensely grateful that Donor’s Choose added the option for us to create a project under the heading “warmth, care & hunger”.

For some of my students, the only solid meal they eat on a daily basis is the one that is provided for them in our cafeteria.

Furthermore, my students (if left to their own devices) hardly ever choose nutritional snacks or hydration that is right for them: they seek out caffeine, sugar and sodium-infused candy, chips, energy drinks, sodas, sports drinks and juices that simply galvanize them, briefly, with energy, then crash them, face-first, into their desks.

I seek to change all of this by keeping healthy snacks and a case of water in my classroom for students who need a burst of nutrition or hydration throughout the school day.

It is no secret: healthy and hydrated students learn better. And I hate interrupting class to send students to the drinking fountain to get hydrated. Quick note: the water fountains on my floor of the school don’t work and have not worked for the last two years, forcing thirsty students to walk long distances and be absent for long stretches of class time. I have high expectations of my students. I put them through rigorous, college-worthy work in my class. I want them to be well-fed and hydrated in order to meet the challenges I put to them each day.

Mr. Harshman
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Nestle - Pure Life, Purified Water, 676 Fl Ounce (16.9oz / 40pk) • Amazon Business $23.17 2 $46.34
Nutri-Grain Soft Baked Breakfast Bars, Kids Snacks, Whole Grain, Variety Pack (4 Boxes, 32 Bars) • Amazon Business $14.58 2 $29.16
Welch's Fruit Snacks, Berries 'n Cherries, Perfect Easter Basket Stuffers, Gluten Free, Bulk Pack, Individual Single Serve Bags, 0.8 oz (Pack of 40) • Amazon Business $8.48 2 $16.96
Welch's Fruit Snacks, Fruit Punch & Island Fruits Variety Pack, Perfect Easter Basket Stuffers, Gluten Free, Bulk Pack, 0.8 oz Individual Single Serve Bags (Pack of 40) • Amazon Business $8.35 2 $16.70

Materials cost

$109.16

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$140.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.85

Total project goal

$165.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $165.65

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 $165.65

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