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Ms. Hill from Clay AL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Book Vending Machine!

Help me give my students a book vending machine for picture and chapter books! My school will use the machine as a positive reward-based system to help encourage students to read more.

  • $6,910 goal

This project expired on November 30, 2022.

This project expired on November 30, 2022.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

Our school is very diverse. We serve over 600 students in PreK to 5th grades and from varying ethnicities, cultures, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Meeting the needs of these diverse learners means using unique approaches that reach each learner.

In an effort to promote student excitement for reading, I want to provide students with motivation in the form of a vending machine!

This machine will be a motivation for students to read at home, achieve goals, and simply develop a love for reading! Our school is a "Leader in Me" school and we teach our students the 7 Habits. When students achieve a goal or master one of the 7 Habits, they will have the chance to receive a token to get a book from the vending machine! There will be a variety of titles and levels to select from so that ALL STUDENTS (PreK-5th grades) can benefit.

Do you remember how much you loved getting a pencil or eraser from a machine when you were little? Help me to spread that joy with a book machine and spread the LOVE of reading across my school!

Ms. Hill
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Inchy's Bookworm Vending Machine • Global Vending Group $4,395.00 1 $4,395.00
Upgraded Picture Book Tray - Option A • Global Vending Group $150.00 2 $300.00

Materials cost

$4,695.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $695.00

Sales tax

 $382.64

3rd party payment processing fee

$70.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$5,873.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$1,036.42

Total project goal

$6,909.48

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