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Mr. Bratton from Jackson, MS is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Baseball Fundamentals

Help me give my students the opportunity to become better baseball players. We do not have any hitting equipment to help us to be develop or be competitive. With this equipment, it will help develop the players hitting.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Bratton's classroom raised $3,888

This project is fully funded

My Students

Currently, I have the pleasure of teaching and learning from 100 high school students. I aim each day to provide a fun learning environment for my students so that they can love and enjoy coming to school. I feel that when I make learning fun they will want to apply those skills learned and use them in the real world.

I teach students who go to a Title I school and over 99% of my students come from low-income families.

They are hard-working eager students who don't have access to many resources including technology and band instruments. My students are zealous learners who enjoy coming to school. Each day I aim to make to build confident lifelong learners. I want the best for my students and strive each day to show them just that.

My Project

These materials will help our baseball players to see a baseball as if a pitcher was throwing to them in a real game. Their timing and swinging will develop. Also, they will develop seeing the ball in their strike zone. Most importantly, this will allow all the kids a chance to work on developing their hitting. Coaches and players will not have to throw the balls and that will save arms. With not having facilities and equipment, these items would help out tremendously. We travel to all our home and away games. So, if the players were blessed with this equipments, it would do wonders for our program.

Mr. Bratton Lanier High School Grades 9-12

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

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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.

Jackson, MS 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

HBCU Alum 100 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
M1 - Baseball Training Machine on Tripod • School Specialty $2,019.89 1 $2,019.89
ATEC N1 Portable Practice Net • School Specialty $185.84 4 $743.36

Materials cost

$2,763.25

Vendor shipping charges

$276.32

Sales tax

$193.43

3rd party payment processing fee

$41.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$3,304.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$583.14

Total project goal

$3,887.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$3,887.59

2 Donors

-$3,877.59

Donations toward project cost

-$3,295.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$581.64

match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

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$0.00

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