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Mrs. Porter from Bossier City, LA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books Make Us Blossom

Help me give my students a book vending machine to help us support reading at home and behavior at school.

  • $8,098 goal

This project expired on May 16, 2024.

This project expired on May 16, 2024.

My Project

I am requesting a book vending machine for our school. The vending machine will be used as a school-wide incentive. Students earn a gold coin for positive behaviors as part of our PBIS program. The coin will allow them to pick one book from the vending machine. Students will be able to keep the book and add it to their personal library at home, encouraging the love of reading and providing resources for parents and families to read to their children.

The vending machine will be filled with chapter books, picture books, and easy readers.

We will share, celebrate, and encourage our scholars to continue on their journey of reading. Books can help us to travel to new places that we have never been to. I hope this project will encourage positive classroom participation, and engagement, and instill a love of reading in all our students.

Mrs. Porter Apollo Elementary School Grades 3-5

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Bossier City, LA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

750 students impacted

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Inchy's Bookworm Vending Machine • Global Vending Group Inc $4,995.00 1 $4,995.00
Upgrade picture tray Opt A • Global Vending Group Inc $150.00 2 $300.00
Book Picture tray opt D • Global Vending Group Inc $150.00 1 $150.00
Inchy Tokens • Global Vending Group Inc $50.00 1 $50.00

Materials cost

$5,495.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $795.00

Sales tax

 $480.81

3rd party payment processing fee

$82.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$6,883.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$1,214.69

Total project goal

$8,097.92

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