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Mrs. Hawkins from Port Aransas TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books and Basics

Help me give my students the basics from books to markers and everything in between.

  • $744 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

We are a seaside community that has been impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Our island town doesn't have a single home that was left undamaged. Many of my students homes are still uninhabitable almost a year after the storm.

We thought that restarting school would add a sense of normalcy to the chaos that permeates our students' lives.

In some ways it has.

One of the things I've noticed since we've restarted is that our kids are dealing with more than we ever expected.

My Project

Since the hurricane last year, our enrollment has increased dramatically. With this increase in students, comes the need for more of our basic necessities. Add to this factor that in the past, teachers have taken their own money to buy these necessities. This year because most of the teachers are still dealing with their own personal hurricane stories, these funds have become non-existent for most.

FIle folders, markers, flags and sentence strips are something we have had in abundance in the past.

This year they are hard to find in our school.

Our library was severely damaged and we lost almost all of our books. Through donations we received class sets, but with the increase in enrollment these numbers were not sufficient.

Mrs. Hawkins
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wall Mounted File Holder - Black Mesh - 5 Tray Compartments - Includes 2 Free Matching Paperclip Pots - Hanging Cubicle Mail Organizer - Letter, Literature, Document and Magazine Sorter by Amarcado • Amazon Business $19.99 5 $99.95
The Things They Carried • Amazon Business $10.72 8 $85.76
INKMATE 2 PACK Printhead for Officejet Pro 8000 8500 940 Print Head C4900A C4901A For Officejet Pro 8000 8500 8500A 8500A Plus 8500A Premium • Amazon Business $33.00 2 $66.00
The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel • Amazon Business $10.75 5 $53.75
The Great Gatsby • Amazon Business $10.29 5 $51.45
Crayola BIN8210 Non-Washable Classpack Markers, Fine Point, 10 Colors, Pack of 200 • Amazon Business $47.58 1 $47.58
Fahrenheit 451 • Amazon Business $8.99 5 $44.95
We Were Liars • Amazon Business $5.49 8 $43.92
AmazonBasics AMZ401 File Folders - Letter Size (100 Pack) – Assorted Colors • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
Set of 2 Post-it Flags, Assorted Primary Colors, 1/2 in Wide, 100/On-the-Go Dispenser bundled by Maven Gifts • Amazon Business $11.95 2 $23.90
School Smart 6465 Ruled Sentence Strips - 3 inch x 24 inch - Pack of 100 - Assorted Colors • Amazon Business $9.05 2 $18.10
Paper Mate Flair Felt Tip Pens, Medium Point (0.7mm), Assorted Colors, 24 Count • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Pendaflex File Folders, Letter Size, 8-1/2" x 11", Classic Manila, 1/3-Cut Tabs in Left, Right, Center Positions, 100 Per Box (65213) • Amazon Business $9.38 1 $9.38

Materials cost

$592.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$631.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$111.46

Total project goal

$743.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $743.06

1 Donor

-$126.32

Donations toward project cost

-$126.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$594.45

Match offer toward project cost

-$505.28

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$89.17

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.29

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 $0.00

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