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Mr. Olson from Darby, MT is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Adventure Based Learning

My students need 3 warm sleeping bags for our Adventure Based Learning program.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Olson's classroom raised $645

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are from a community where most homes fall below the poverty level. I bring students out on Adventure Based Learning trips and find most do not have the proper equipment. I would like to get 3 good sleeping bags to help support this program.

Our community was once a thriving logging community.

Over the years the mills have closed and been dismantled, leaving most of the population looking for work. Our school population went from about 230 to 85 in just a few years. Our students are tied closely to the outdoors and our natural resources. Our students are craving an education not just in the classroom but outside the school walls where they can experience what is discussed in the classrooms. We have a great student body but some kids struggle with sitting in a desk and learning out of a book. Our goal is to take what we do in the classroom and make it relevant for all of our students.

My Project

We will be using the sleeping bags we get to bring our students out of the walled classrooms and into a classroom without walls or boundaries. In order to make our students safe and increase their learning in the outdoors, we need to help provide the proper equipment.

Many of our students find learning more relevant and stimulating outdoors and in an environment not bound by walls.

We have found that many of our kids are able to write or journal more freely about what they see and feel outside. The learning experience becomes more relevant when you can see, smell, hear and touch what you are studying.

Mr. Olson Darby 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.

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More than half of 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

104 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Outdoor Vitals - Down 0 Degree High Quality Down Sleeping Bag, High Quality Down, Ultra Compactable, Light Weight, Compression Bag (Green) • Amazon Business $169.98 3 $509.94

Materials cost

$509.94

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$547.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.63

Total project goal

$644.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$644.22

2 Donors

-$547.59

Donations toward project cost

-$547.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$96.63

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$0.00

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