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Mrs. Mersch from Phoenix AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books to Read During Summer

Help me give my students great literature to take home over the summer!

  • $769 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are book-loving, enthusiastic learners.

Students at my school are inquisitive, compassionate, and creative.

Our school is a Title One school where 69% are on free and reduced lunches. As eager kindergarten learners, books are so important to my students and are truly valued. Many of my students do not have access to books at home and rely on our school library to check out high-quality books. There is a buzz about books and an excitement for reading in our school. Our school is a Title I school and many students don't have books to read at home or a way to get to a local library.

I would love to see my students take home five new books by the end of the year. (May 2020) so they can enjoy books over the summer.

Thank you for considering a donation to our classroom so students can get their hands on some books to read over the summer.

My Project

Each year after students work so hard to acquire new skills, there is a lag time during the summer. Many students aren't provided with rich pieces of literature to read at home. Students are either unable to get to a public library or just simply don't. I'd like to be able to provide rich literature for my students so that they will be able to read at home.

Please accept my heartfelt gratitude beforehand as you kindly consider donating to this project so kids will have books in their hands to read and keep their skills sharp over the summer.

Mrs. Mersch
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Classroom Library Must-Haves: Grades K-1 (DonorsChoose.org Exclusive) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $75.00 7 $525.00

Materials cost

$525.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $52.50

Sales tax

 $37.54

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$652.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$115.22

Total project goal

$768.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $768.14

7 Donors

-$543.80

Donations toward project cost

-$462.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$81.12

Matching donations from our partners

-$223.81

Match offers toward project cost

-$190.24

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.53

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 $0.00

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