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Ms. Griesinger from Flint, MI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Backpacks On! We Are Ready for School!

Help me give my students new backpacks and activity books to help them start their first school experience off right!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Griesinger's classroom raised $434

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are amazing kids who face many challenges both at home and at school. My students all have various disabilities, but they don't let their disabilities hold them back.

All of my students are unique, but one thing is the same in each of them: they love to learn!

My students come from a variety of backgrounds and face many challenges before even entering our school. We work together every day to overcome those challenges and reach new heights. I work with about 75 special education students every week, reaching kids with various disabilities. My students love to move, explore and play.

My Project

In the last five years, our community has seen a huge increase in the number of young children who require special services in order to be successful at school. This increase in students with disabilities means that many children are now starting school when they are two and three years old so that they can get the extra help they need to catch up to their peers in a special education preschool classroom. We have some of the most wonderful, playful, amazing students entering our classrooms and they all deserve the best start to their school career!

Our preschool special education students need backpacks and books to get them ready for school!

These preschool sized backpacks will be filled with books including coloring books and early learning skills books to give these amazing kids extra skills. Each child will receive a backpack before they start their first day of school, so that every child, despite financial hardship, will have a backpack and supplies for the start of their school career!

Ms. Griesinger Eisenhower Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Flint, MI View local requests

Nearly all 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
LONECONE Kids School Backpack for Boys and Girls - Sized for Kindergarten, Preschool - Fossil Friends • Amazon Business $19.99 3 $59.97
LONECONE Kids School Backpack for Boys and Girls - Sized for Kindergarten, Preschool - Gary the Unicorn • Amazon Business $14.99 3 $44.97
LONECONE Kids School Backpack for Boys and Girls - Sized for Kindergarten, Preschool - Pack-O-Saurus • Amazon Business $16.99 2 $33.98
LONECONE Kids School Backpack for Boys and Girls - Sized for Kindergarten, Preschool - Pack-O-Saurus • Amazon Business $16.99 2 $33.98
LONECONE Kids School Backpack for Boys and Girls - Sized for Kindergarten, Preschool - Gary the Unicorn • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
Trail maker Character Backpack (15") with Fun Fashionable Design for Boys & Girls… (Sports) • Amazon Business $8.95 3 $26.85
LONECONE Kids School Backpack for Boys and Girls - Sized for Kindergarten, Preschool - Fossil Friends • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
School Zone - Thinking Skills Workbook - 64 Pages, Ages 3 to 5, Preschool to Kindergarten, Problem-Solving, Logic & Reasoning Puzzles, and More (School Zone Get Ready!™ Book Series) • Amazon Business $3.99 5 $19.95
Dinosaur Coloring Book for Kids: Great Gift for Boys & Girls, Ages 4-8 • Amazon Business $3.99 5 $19.95
Marvel Spiderman 15" School Bag Backpack • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
School Zone - Connect the Dots Workbook - Ages 3 to 5, Preschool to Kindergarten, Dot-to-Dots, Counting, Number Puzzles, Numbers 1-10, Coloring, and More (School Zone Get Ready!™ Book Series) • Amazon Business $2.99 5 $14.95
Paw Patrol Backpack 16inch Go Team Paw Book Bag • Amazon Business $13.15 1 $13.15

Materials cost

$333.71

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$368.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.07

Total project goal

$433.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$433.79

8 Donors

-$364.96

Donations toward project cost

-$317.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.24

match offer

-$60.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$51.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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