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Coach Wilkie from Chesnee, SC is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Basketballs Needed for Skill Development

Help me give my students four Wilson basketballs for skill development this season.

FULLY FUNDED! Coach Wilkie's classroom raised $189

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our boys and girls, ages 12-15, are determined and hard-working students from a rural area. Being out in the country they have limited opportunities for physical education and sports outside of school. They want to be in school after being at home for a long period, isolated from friends. School budgets are spread thin with the devastation of the coronavirus. Our middle school sports and physical education classes are the first ones to receive budget cuts. We have to find new ways to provide needed basic supplies for our players and students.

My Project

We are trying to find new ways to get more kids involved in middle school sports while complying with all of the new COVID-19 guidelines from the high school league. We are looking to add skill development outside so as to allow for social distancing when the weather permits.

We need to add outdoor basketballs to our equipment to get players outside for skill development to comply with COVID guidelines.

We will use the basketballs outside on our blacktop area to get players outside and spaced out for skill development. Our program is growing and currently has 55 players involved. The more basketballs we can get the more boys we can get involved in the sport they love. Our boys’ basketball team appreciates your investment in their dreams.

Coach Wilkie Rainbow Lake Middle School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half of 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

900 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wilson NCAA Indoor/Outdoor Basketball , Orange, Official - 29.5" • Amazon Business $29.95 4 $119.80

Materials cost

$119.80

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $8.45

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$160.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.24

Total project goal

$188.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $188.29

1 Donor

-$94.14

Donations toward project cost

-$80.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.12

match offer

-$94.15

Match offer toward project cost

-$80.03

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.12

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 $0.00

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