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Mrs. Bolinger from Fayetteville, AR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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All Are Welcome - Reading Representation Matters!

Help me give my students a diverse classroom library so every student will see a book character like them - representation matters.

  • $495 goal

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My Students

My students are so inquisitive. These culturally diverse southern third graders attend a school that is around 50% free and reduced lunch and try so hard every day to do their best. Even though my homeroom is only 25 students the staff collaborates and shares students so I see many students in our building. It makes our neighborhood school very tight nit.

We do a great job of making due with what we have despite lack of funding & budget constraints.

Right now we are a class of energetic students which is split quite evenly half boys and half girls. These students happily work with whatever supplies we have. Our goal is to provide them with what we can and make their learning relevant and personal every day.

My Project

As I set up my classroom this year, I noticed a huge problem. The books were sparse and didn’t match the makeup of my class. Every student deserves to have books where the main characters are like them. These books will support all students in understanding that there are many ways to be a kid and different is okay! Students need to see themselves and their friends in the books they read. Providing a diverse literacy environment that represents all kinds of kids and families will help create empathy, understanding, and acceptance.

We have a diverse classroom community and books are one way to make our classrooms show that here, everyone is welcome just as you are.

Your donation will ensure there are gender and racially diverse books in our classroom, so every student feels like who they are is represented. I will also be able to read these books aloud to the students, further normalizing our beautifully diverse community.

Mrs. Bolinger Happy Hollow Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Fayetteville, AR View local requests

More than a third 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

25 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
How Do You Say? / ¿Cómo Se Dice? (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
When Aidan Became a Brother • Amazon Business $17.57 1 $17.57
Maria Had a Little Llama / María Tenía Una Llamita (Pura Belpre Honor Books - Illustration Honor) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
My Princess Boy • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
Introducing Teddy: A gentle story about gender and friendship • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina • Amazon Business $14.51 1 $14.51
I Am Jazz • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $14.04 1 $14.04
Prince & Knight • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Hair Love • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $13.46 1 $13.46
Phoenix Goes to School: A Story to Support Transgender and Gender Diverse Children • Amazon Business $13.41 1 $13.41
Same, Same But Different • Amazon Business $13.18 1 $13.18
Dress Like a Girl • Amazon Business $13.15 1 $13.15
Love Your Hair • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Julián Is a Mermaid • Amazon Business $12.90 1 $12.90
I'm Mixed! • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Annie's Plaid Shirt • Amazon Business $11.65 1 $11.65
Marisol McDonald and the Clash Bash: Marisol McDonald y la fiesta sin igual (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.63 1 $11.63
Jacob's New Dress • Amazon Business $11.56 1 $11.56
Pink Is for Boys • Amazon Business $11.38 1 $11.38
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $11.15 1 $11.15
This Day in June • Amazon Business $9.03 1 $9.03
I Love My Hair! • Amazon Business $7.77 1 $7.77
Yasmin the Superhero • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Yasmin the Builder • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Yasmin the Explorer • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Meet Yasmin! • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Yasmin the Painter • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Yasmin in Charge • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$355.48

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $29.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$420.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.14

Total project goal

$494.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $494.28

1 Donor

-$50.00

Donations toward project cost

-$42.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

match offer

-$444.28

Match offer toward project cost

-$377.64

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.64

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