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Mr. Stokes from Detroit, MI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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And Then There Was Love

Help me give my students an opportunity to become life-long lovers of reading.

  • $964 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

Like me, my students are products of our city. We have walked the same roads and searched for the same stars in a sometimes starless night. Like me, my students have dreams of places that exist beyond the city limits. However, many of them have not had a chance to experience what really goes on in the world. They don't know that their stories are unique, and yet not so. Growing up, the things that I read helped me to see and seek new things. In my 25 year career, I have always tried to create an appetite for reading within my students. Reading exposes them to new ideas, new places, and new understandings. It exposes them to new and powerful forms of writing and allows them to read and adapt complexities in their writing. In the end, I want them to learn to love to read and to appreciate the benefits of living vicariously through literary characters and finding empathy in the experiences shared in memoirs and life stories.

Mr. Stokes Communication & Media Arts High School Grades 9-12

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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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Detroit, MI View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

150 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Children of Blood and Bone • AKJ Education $16.05 5 $80.25
Farewell to Manzanar • AKJ Education $8.02 10 $80.20
All American Boys • AKJ Education $14.59 5 $72.95
Concrete Rose • AKJ Education $14.59 5 $72.95
Dear Justyce • AKJ Education $13.86 5 $69.30
A Child Called "It" • AKJ Education $10.18 5 $50.90
Unwind • AKJ Education $9.48 5 $47.40
When I Was the Greatest • AKJ Education $8.75 5 $43.75
Dear Martin • AKJ Education $8.02 5 $40.10
Drowned City • AKJ Education $8.02 5 $40.10
Behind You • AKJ Education $6.56 5 $32.80
Warriors Don't Cry • AKJ Education $6.56 5 $32.80
Darkness Before Dawn • AKJ Education $6.56 3 $19.68
Forged By Fire • AKJ Education $6.56 3 $19.68
I Am a SEAL Team Six Warrior • AKJ Education $8.02 2 $16.04
Every Falling Star • AKJ Education $7.29 2 $14.58
City of Bones • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
City of Ashes • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
City of Lost Souls • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
City of Glass • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94

Materials cost

$777.24

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$818.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$144.51

Total project goal

$963.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $963.41

3 Donors

-$443.95

Donations toward project cost

-$434.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.00

match offer

-$451.71

Match offer toward project cost

-$383.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.76

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$67.76

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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