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Mrs. Olson from Billings MT is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building at Home

Help me give my students a learning tool, LEGO bricks, that allows them to use their creative minds!

  • $418 goal

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My Students

My kids primarily live in middle class to low income homes. They are working families that have low paying jobs. Opportunities for vacations and travel beyond trips to the grocery store are fairly limited. Many of my children are being raised foster homes, by grandparents, or single parents. Nine out of 20 students have a parent who is incarcerated.

My goal is to provide an environment where the kids feel loved, accepted, and can flourish, regardless of home life.

I have been a teacher for 17 years, and I love working with disadvantaged families. My compassion stems from my own difficult upbringing, and I feel that my experiences bring a special perspective to working with my kids and their families.

My Project

Most days we go outside for recess. When it's too cold or rainy, I have activities in the classroom for the kids to do. They include wood blocks, foam blocks, free drawing, and building LEGO creations.

With the current state of the world in regard to the COVID-19 outbreak, school, recess, and life in general have been drastically changed.

Along with the online and paper and pencil work I am providing, I would like to also give kids that much needed brain break that is familiar, by providing a small LEGO kit to each of them. Thanks for your consideration.

Mrs. Olson
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO Classic Creative Suitcase 10713 Building Kit (213 Pieces) • Amazon Business $15.99 20 $319.80

Materials cost

$319.80

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$354.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.58

Total project goal

$417.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $417.18

1 Donor

-$308.59

Donations toward project cost

-$262.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.29

match offer

-$108.59

Match offer toward project cost

-$92.30

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.29

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 $0.00

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