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Mr. French from Saint Albans WV is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bucket 'O Balls

Help me give my students lacrosse balls for practice sessions and home games.

  • $413 goal

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My Students

I am going to be a second-year head coach to our club lacrosse team that will have at least fifteen, low to middle-income freshmen-seniors. While this is not the first year of the program, it is still a young and growing sport in our region of West Virginia.

Our lacrosse program is in dire need of a culture change.

Over the last season, there were fights, arguments, and way too many penalties. By building a strong program based on playing fast on the field but slow in your mind, I hope to get the players to channel their emotions into positivity on the field, in the classroom and in every other aspect of their lives.

Over our first season I have seen numerous improvements in playing and behaviors on the field. By holding my team to a high standard I hope to create a winning and caring lacrosse culture.

My Project

This year my team will have more home games than previous years. Six out of our nine games will be at home. Due to this fact we must provide the game balls to be used for those games as well as all of our practices. Hopefully by adding an extra two boxes of balls we will have enough to last us through the whole season. It is inevitable that we will lose some balls during practice and games, but by having a surplus we will make sure we can finish the season strong without having to scramble for game balls.

Mr. French
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
White lacrosse balls NOCSAE/SEI/NFHS/NCAA with ball bag • Lacrosseballsdirect.com $145.00 2 $290.00

Materials cost

$290.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $26.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$350.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.83

Total project goal

$412.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $412.18

2 Donors

-$206.00

Donations toward project cost

-$175.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.75

match offer

-$206.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$175.10

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.90

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.18

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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