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Dr. Poindexter from Indianapolis, IN is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Chef In Training!

My students need play food including the Multicultural Play Food Assortment, The Let's Go Shopping Food Baskets, and the Indestructible Dishes and Pots and Pans.

FULLY FUNDED! Dr. Poindexter's classroom raised $307

This project is fully funded

I teach in a Full Day Kindergarten classroom. We have a play house in our classroom that is a center that my students visit daily.

We had play food for our house, but over the summer it has disappeared! The children who visit the Home Living Center each day have a few brooms, mops, and plates to pretend with, but nothing else!

I would like to have some new play food, baskets, and dishware for my students to use to enhance their imagination, social, and emotional skills. Many times my students will visit the Home Living Center and comment on the lack of food--they are so bored in fact, that they all want to be placed in another center for the day! Home Living is usually the favorite center!

Your donation will make it possible for my students to re-ignite their love of pretend play! They will learn the crucial social, emotional, and problem solving skills it takes to be successful in Kindergarten and for the rest of their lives.

Dr. Poindexter Spring Mill Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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.

Indianapolis, IN View local requests

More than half 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

26 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
RR390X - Let’s Go Shopping Food Baskets - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $95.00 1 $95.00
RA236 - Best-Buy Pots & Pans • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 1 $19.95
LDA178 - Indestructible Dishes - Service for 4 • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 1 $12.95
LM366 - Best-Buy Multicultural Play Food Assortment • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
LM365 - Best-Buy Play Food Assortment • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95

Materials cost

$207.80

Vendor shipping charges

$20.78

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$251.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.10

Total project goal

$306.10

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$306.10

7 Donors

-$147.29

Donations toward project cost

-$125.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.09

match offer

-$148.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$121.36

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.64

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.39

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$0.00

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