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Ms. Gifford from Phoenix, AZ is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Amazing Wildcat Art Studio: Where Art Dreams Come True

Help me give my students paint, markers, watercolor crayons and more for the best art class they could ever dream of.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Gifford's classroom raised $801

This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

My students are special because our school is a title 1 school and many of them do not have art making resources at home, so art class is the only place they have to express their creativity and learn about art. Having good quality, new art supplies like paints, markers and crayons can help their self-esteem. They deserve to have what they need to grow and explore their creativity through art. Using good quality art supplies for their standards based art lessons will give them extra motivation to do their best and surprise themselves with what they are capable of doing. It will allow us to fill our school halls full of high quality student art work that will inspire the entire school community. They will be able to learn how to use a variety of mediums and gain hands on experience in art making, as all of our art lessons are studio based. We will learn about art from around the world, with a multicultural art curriculum that promotes student self expression and creative growth.

Ms. Gifford Western Valley Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

Phoenix, AZ View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cretacolor Pastel Carre Hard Pastel Set - Set of 72, Assorted Colors, Complete Set • Blick Art Materials $76.26 2 $152.52
Royal Langnickel Scholastic Choice Class Pack - Golden Taklon Round Combo, Set of 72 • Blick Art Materials $97.00 1 $97.00
Crayola Fine Line Markers - Assorted Colors, Set of 200 • Blick Art Materials $75.99 1 $75.99
Fadeless Designer Paper - 12 x 18, 25 Colors, Pkg of 100 • Blick Art Materials $18.79 4 $75.16
Faber-Castell Set of 15 Watercolor Crayons with Brush - Set of 15 • Blick Art Materials $13.31 4 $53.24
Crayola Construction Paper Crayons Classpack - Set of 400, 16 Colors • Blick Art Materials $49.94 1 $49.94
Liquitex Basics Medium - Gloss Varnish • Blick Art Materials $7.67 4 $30.68
Artline Poster Markers - 4 mm Tip, Fluorescent , Set of 4 • Blick Art Materials $12.30 1 $12.30
Artline Poster Markers - 4 mm Tip, Primary Colors • Blick Art Materials $12.30 1 $12.30
Artline Poster Markers - 4 mm Tip, Metallic Colors, Set of 4 • Blick Art Materials $12.30 1 $12.30
Crayola Young Kids Palm-Grasp Crayons - Pkg of 6 • Blick Art Materials $11.67 1 $11.67
Crayola Crayons - Box of 12, Gold • Blick Art Materials $1.92 4 $7.68
Crayola Crayons - Box of 12, Silver • Blick Art Materials $1.92 4 $7.68

Materials cost

$598.46

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$42.79

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$680.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$120.04

Total project goal

$800.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$800.27

6 Donors

-$742.73

Donations toward project cost

-$680.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$57.54

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$0.00

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