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Mr. West from Stamford, CT is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bleacher Creatures!

Help me give my students and their families the chance to view our after school sports games from bleachers.

  • $2,602 goal

This project expired on July 3, 2025.

This project expired on July 3, 2025.

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 Project

As director of our after school sports, we offer girls and boys basketball, girls and boys volleyball and soccer. Yet, every time we host a game, we have to grab single chairs for parents or they’re standing to watch the game. We’re an older middle school and could use some bleacher sitting for our fans.

We could really use bleachers to accommodate our fans.

This will making viewing our games and rooting on the home team more enjoyable. They bleachers could probably sit up to 30 viewers for our sports games. These are portable so we can store them away when we are not using them.

Mr. West Turn of River Middle School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Stamford, CT View local requests

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

550 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bleacher 3 Rows 78 in x 15 ft • Grainger $2,149.10 1 $2,149.10

Materials cost

$2,149.10

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FREE

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$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$32.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,211.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$390.24

Total project goal

$2,601.58

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