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Mrs. Balkind from Sacramento, CA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Clean and Colorful Environment to Learn

Help me give my students high quality printed materials and a sanitized environment.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Balkind's classroom raised $932

This project is fully funded

My Project

We use disinfectant wipes on our desks every day to keep students from getting sick, but they are not provided by the school. They are either teacher or parent contributions to the class.

We need classroom printer toner because it is also not provided by the district.

We have progress reports and report cards to print as well as colorful visuals to make the classroom environment more engaging and interesting.

Science, Math, and Language arts all require a lot of printed materials. The staff printed only prints in black, and is not always accessible during our limited prep times. Thank you for your help providing for my students.

Mrs. Balkind Fairbanks Elementary School 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.

Sacramento, CA 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

28 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Brother TN-223 Black/Cyan/Magenta/Yellow Standard Yield Toner Cartridge, Up to 1,400 Pages, 4/Pack (TN2234PK) • Quill.com $274.99 1 $274.99
CloroxPro Clorox Disinfecting Wipes, Lemon Fresh, 75 Wipes/Container, 6/Carton (CLO15948) • Quill.com $40.99 6 $245.94
Brother TN-223 Black Standard Yield Toner Cartridge Print Up to 1 400 Pages (TN223BK) • Staples $55.72 3 $167.16

Materials cost

$688.09

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$62.96

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$791.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$139.65

Total project goal

$931.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$931.02

8 Donors

-$641.46

Donations toward project cost

-$569.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.15

Matching donations from our partners

-$261.25

Match offers toward project cost

-$222.06

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.19

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$28.32

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$0.00

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