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Mrs. McHan from Houston, TX is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Bright Beginnings With Essential Classroom Materials!

Help me give my students supply caddies, book bins and storage boxes to help them have organized learning spaces where they will be able to store and locate their work materials easily.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. McHan's classroom raised $353

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

For most of my children, this is their first experience being away from home and being separated from their families. Being away from home is difficult for most students but compounded with the pandemic, it can be a traumatic experience, none the less they come to school each day, full of energy, curiosity, excited to be here and ready to learn and play! To them, school is a place where they feel safe, loved, and valued. This difficult transition is also affected by their already existing life circumstances.

100 % of our children come from low-income households and receive free breakfast and lunch.

With the right help, you can help inspire our children to become future scientists, doctors, explorers, and inventors as they learn through play.

My Project

This is our little one’s first experience in a classroom setting where it is critical that they learn routines and procedures and develop organizational skills to help them have a successful school year. The brightly colored supply caddies, paper trays and book bins will help them stay organized and feel confident and independent as they easily associate a specific color bins and caddies with their own workspace.

Having a workspace filled with their own caddies, trays and bins to call their own will help them keep all their things organized as well as help them become more independent.

These supplies will help our little one's store their supplies, books, and materials.

Mrs. McHan Farias Early Childhood Center Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Houston, TX View local requests

Nearly all 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

23 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT300X - Neon Store-It-All Rotating Caddies - Set of 4 Colors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50
TT925X - Neon Help-Yourself Book Bins - Set of 6 Colors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
TT305X - Neon Classroom Supply Caddies - Set of 6 Colors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
PP307 - Color Me Creative Supply Caddy • Lakeshore Learning Materials $21.99 1 $21.99
TT192BB - Neon Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Bright Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 1 $8.99
TT192BL - Neon Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Bright Purple • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 1 $8.99
TT192BP - Neon Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Bright Pink • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 1 $8.99
TT192GB - Neon Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Bright Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 1 $8.99
TT192BY - Neon Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Bright Yellow • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 1 $8.99
TT192BO - Neon Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Bright Orange • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 1 $8.99

Materials cost

$265.41

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$299.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.83

Total project goal

$352.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$352.22

5 Donors

-$257.22

Donations toward project cost

-$218.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.58

match offer

-$95.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$80.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.25

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$0.00

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