You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Mrs. Smith from Plainfield NJ is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Balls, Balls, And More Balls

My students need more balls to learn throwing, catching, dodging, and fleeing.

  • $175 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Students

At times, we have up to 47 students in our classroom. There are not enough balls for each student or each pair of students to have a ball during our activities. As a result, students often have to wait in a line that is 4 or 5 people deep before being able to participate in the throwing activity.

Our students are an amazing group of bright children.

They have been working hard to increase their fitness and activity levels. We are a high poverty school with an extremely limited budget. The balls that we use have chunks of foam missing from them.

My Project

We will be utilizing these balls for chasing, fleeing, and tagging activities. Additionally, they will be used for throwing, catching, and tossing at stationary targets. These balls will be used to enhance skills for accuracy. The balls that we currently utilize have chunks of foam missing from them.

We encourage our students to take pride in all that they do.

Showing students that people in the community take time and energy to invest in them will show them that they are worth investing in. Having new equipment will allow them the opportunity to demonstrate pride and responsibility.

Mrs. Smith
Grades 6-8

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Smith is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
BALL PLAYGROUND SUPER SAFE 7'' • School Specialty $6.64 16 $106.24

Materials cost

$106.24

Vendor shipping charges

$10.62

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$148.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.20

Total project goal

$174.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$174.65

5 Donors

-$108.82

Donations toward project cost

-$97.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.37

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

-$5.83

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Plainfield","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[1911975],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"NJ","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":3,"name":"Middle School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":1160060,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/balls-balls-and-more-balls/1160060/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":400,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Smith","isEquityFocus":true,"authorIds":{"1911975":{"owner":"Mrs. Smith","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[1160060],"proposalHash":"-101823226","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-3_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":329661,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["MjExOTMyNg==","MjE5MjM0Mg==","MjE5NDY1Mw==","MTkxMTk3NQ==","MjEwMzQ0OA==","MjE5NDY0NQ=="],"teacherId":1911975,"schoolCounty":"Union","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"NJ","name":"New Jersey"}}