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Mr. Sanchez from Philadelphia PA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Basic Supplies for One of Philly's Most Diverse Schools

Help me give my students basic supplies to read and write on. In particular, we need toner for our school's copy machines.

  • $599 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I teach at one of the largest and most diverse high schools in Philadelphia. Almost all of our 1,500 students are eligible for free and reduced lunch. Because our students are poor and largely students of color — our school is drastically underfunded. In fact, Pennsylvania is one of several states that spends more money on wealthier students than they spend on low-income students.

Our students deserve better.

They are amazing, capable, hardworking kids. It's disappointing, but necessary that their teachers need to beg for basic supplies. Please help me support them!

My Project

I've spent over $1000 on basic supplies, and it's still difficult to do my job. We don't have enough textbooks, so many teachers copy materials they give out in class. But we have to pay for our own paper and now on top of that, the copiers are breaking down and running out of toner. We've been told that there isn't enough money in our budget to keep buying toner and it's only October! I've decided to start a donors choose campaign to buy toner for our copy machines so all 1,500 students can benefit from having basic materials to read and write on.

Mr. Sanchez
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ricoh Toner Cartridge, 842124, Black • Staples Advantage $78.63 6 $471.78

Materials cost

$471.78

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$508.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.80

Total project goal

$598.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$598.66

3 Donors

-$385.98

Donations toward project cost

-$328.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.88

Matching donations from our partners

-$212.68

Match offers toward project cost

-$180.78

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.90

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$0.00

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