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Mrs. Leffel from Jersey City NJ is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Awards Ribbons For Swim Team

Help me give my students awards ribbons for swim competition; our students need to be rewarded when they win a race.

  • $273 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

Our students are from all over the world and range from middle class to disadvantaged. Our school has over 400 students. Here, our students are extremely academically-minded, they work hard to have the best grades, and they want to go to Ivy League colleges. They are very serious students. Because we are such a small school, we have big goals but small finances. Our swim team is filled with serious competitors. They have tutoring every afternoon.

I work in two schools and have created a swim league from the two Jersey City schools.

My second school is in transition, with new students coming in and rising scores.

The students here involve themselves in after-school programs, both academic and athletic, funded by student-led donations. Swim team operates during after-school, two hours per week. They are catching up in scholarship.

I would describe the atmosphere as a school with a heart. They are very much a family. They run drives for coatless students, create food donation baskets at holiday time, and have run fundraisers for a student's family when the student was battling cancer.

My Project

I am the coach of the only free elementary-age swim teams in Jersey City. Our two teams are not part of an official swim league because the students on my teams cannot afford those team fees. Our teams run on the tiniest budget.

The two schools that fund this "league" can only have the entire swim season run 3 months!

We have two competitions. Having the ribbons paid for will make a big difference. We hope that we can reward our students.

My students really want to compete on their swim team.

They need to compete. The ribbons are a must.

Mrs. Leffel
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
1st - 2nd -3rd Place Premium Award Ribbons 75 Count Value Bundle - 25 Each Blue,Red,White with Event Card and String – Made in The USA • Amazon Business $24.84 8 $198.72

Materials cost

$198.72

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$231.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.89

Total project goal

$272.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $272.59

2 Donors

-$268.18

Donations toward project cost

-$231.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.48

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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