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Mrs. Patton from Chicago, IL is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Clarinet Essentials

Help me give my students reeds, cork grease and swabs so they can play the clarinet.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Patton's classroom raised $226

This project is fully funded

My Project

Our fifth grade students have been playing the recorder this school year, and are finally ready to move on to the clarinet.

We had 15 used clarinets donated, but we need reeds and cork grease to play.

Kids in our neighborhood don't have a lot of opportunities to learn to play instruments. This will be the first time students at this historically-underfunded school will learn to play a wind instrument, or at least in MANY years. The cleaning swabs will allow me to teach the kids how to care for and clean the instruments from the get-go, so the instruments will last for years to come.

Thank you for helping us obtain the essential items to start our clarinet players. Our students will be so excited to play a 'real' instrument!

Mrs. Patton Gillespie Technology Magnet Cluster School Grades 3-5

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

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.

Chicago, IL View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

330 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Vandoren Traditional Bb Clarinet Reeds Strength 2.5 Box of 10 • Music & Arts $27.00 3 $81.00
4 Pcs Clarinet Swab Cloth Clarinet Cleaner Clarinet Cleaning Cloth Swab for Inside Tube Suitable Clarinet Piccolo Flute Sax Saxophone (Blue) • Amazon Business $9.99 4 $39.96
12 Pieces Cork Grease for Saxophone Clarinet Cork Grease Flute Grease Lubricant Tube Cleaning and Care Product for Saxophone Clarinet Flute Supplies • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
Boao 160 Pieces Saxophone and Clarinet Mouthpiece Cushion Sax Mouthpiece Patches Pads Cushions Thick Rubber 0.8 mm with Strong Adhesive • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$158.93

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$191.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.76

Total project goal

$225.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$225.07

1 Donor

-$191.31

Donations toward project cost

-$191.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$33.76

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$0.00

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