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Ms. Chalmers from Brooklyn NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

A New Beginning

My students need notebooks, pencils, pencil cases, and crayons.

  • $425 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 Students

It's hard to believe, but the school year is almost over. This means saying goodbye to the old students but looking forward to the new students.

I teach in a high poverty area where the families are struggling just to keep a roof over their heads and food in their mouths.

Asking them to purchase school supplies becomes an added burden. The school is located in New York City in East New York. It is an area hit hard with unemployment , which makes it hard for parents to buy school supplies. But my students have a desire to learn, they just lack the resources to make it possible.

My Project

These supplies will be used throughout the school year. The notebooks will be used for the subject areas such as writing, math and science. The pencils will be available to all the students who come to school without one but need it in order to complete school work. Some will be sent home to insure homework gets done. The pencil cases will contain the pencils and crayons to do and complete classwork.

Every child deserves a great education, but if you lack the basic supplies, you are pushed further back.

For many, this is their first time in school, and from this experience they will form their view on what school is like. Do the people there have their best intentions towards me? With your help, the answer will ring loud and clear. This is what your support will mean.

Ms. Chalmers
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
COMPOSITION BOOK PRIMARY 100/SHT • School Specialty $3.03 30 $90.90
PAPER COMP BOOK SOFT 9.75'' X 7.75'' 48SHT/96PG - SCHOOL SMART • School Specialty $1.42 60 $85.20
POUCH PENCIL - SCHOOL SMART • School Specialty $1.04 50 $52.00
CRAYONS PRANG LARGE WAX MASTER CASE OF 200 • School Specialty $34.67 1 $34.67
PENCIL TICONDEROGA #2 PACK OF 96 • School Specialty $17.00 2 $34.00

Materials cost

$296.77

Vendor shipping charges

 $29.68

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$360.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.69

Total project goal

$424.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $424.59

6 Donors

-$403.32

Donations toward project cost

-$343.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.37

match offer

-$19.95

Match offer toward project cost

-$16.96

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.99

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.33

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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