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Coach Laird from Theodore AL is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Balling Out!

Help me give my students practice balls and buckets for our junior varsity and varsity softball program!

  • $345 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My team this year is full of so much potential and willingness to learn. They previously haven't had much success on the field and I would love to be able to change that. We have been focusing on our mental training during the offseason so that we can better our chance for success in high-stress situations. These players have been pretty discouraged with the outcome of their past couple of seasons and would LOVE to see their work pay off this year. I have some of the best leadership that I've had in my 5 years of coaching and now I am just lacking in supplies and equipment to make this program great.

My Project

Please consider donating these softballs and buckets to our softball program. These balls are so greatly needed. We will use them to take defense, go live, take batting practice in the cage, and to throw with. We have over 30 girls and operating as we are now it takes so long to practice because we have limited equipment.

With your help, practice for our girls could be much more efficient and we would get so much more out of it.

Our girls have the desire to get better and grow their knowledge and understanding of the game. With these balls, we could help them do just that.

Thank you in advance for your generosity!

Coach Laird
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
DICK'S Sporting Goods Bucket of 12'' Softballs - Dozen • DICK'S Sporting Goods $59.99 4 $239.96

Materials cost

$239.96

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$19.56

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$293.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.73

Total project goal

$344.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$344.85

1 Donor

-$97.71

Donations toward project cost

-$97.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$229.89

Match offer toward project cost

-$195.41

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.48

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.24

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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Project Activity

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