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Mrs. Dzurina from Lillington, NC is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Light for Veggie Learning

My students need a light fixture to enable the tomatoes and green peppers to grow properly.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Dzurina's classroom raised $204

This project is fully funded

The students at this alternative setting school range from 6th-12th grade. The classes I teach are family and consumer science in nature which includes a foods class. I want the students to experience the veggies from hydroponics to the table. A look into what it would be like to grow veggies in an apartment and still have that farm fresh taste at dinner.

The light we used last year was donated and no longer works. These underprivileged and at-risk students want to continue and expand the present project, but have no lighting. The look on their faces when a seed sprouts in pure amazement and they cannot believe something they planted is growing.

The classroom has the hydroponic set-ups, but in order to successfully grow our vegetables we need a grow light. The foods class plans cooking projects based on when the veggies are at their prime to be picked. The students take control of the project from seed to table and then to their homes to show off their new talents.

I have local support from a hydroponic store but I need you financial support to keep my students alive and interested in something exciting and educational! These are at-risk students from low income areas that have little life experiences. You will make a difference!

Mrs. Dzurina Star Academy Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Lillington, NC 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

80 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Plant Light Bank System • Nasco $128.39 1 $128.39

Materials cost

$128.39

Vendor shipping charges

$12.84

Sales tax

$5.46

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$167.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.66

Total project goal

$203.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$203.66

6 Donors

-$203.66

Donations toward project cost

-$167.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.66

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$0.00

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