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Mr. Behrens from Oklahoma City OK is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Climb, Climb, Reach for the Lights!

Help me give my students ladders to actually reach new and exciting heights!

  • $588 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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

My students are an ever increasingly charismatic bunch, brimming with the potential to blossom in the theatre community of Oklahoma City.

These students are creating the magic behind the scenes of the productions here.

My students continue to amaze me with their thirst for knowledge, and their yearning to delve into cutting-edge techniques. We are in the process of re-making our program to meet the needs of twenty-first-century students by means of incorporating technology side-by-side with traditional methods.

My Project

We need ladders. Not only do we need more ladders, but ladders that can reach certain places and spaces our current ladders aren't designed to reach. When you don't have a functioning space, it makes it difficult to design or even create good stage lighting. It is dizzyingly difficult to build scenery to spec for productions that require more than a box set. Currently, our lighting positions are out of reach to our electricians without violating OSHA, BUT a couple of nice, tall ladders will get us where we need to go.

Mr. Behrens
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Louisville Ladder FS1523 FS1512 12' fiberglass ladder, 12 Feet, Orange • Amazon Business $247.70 1 $247.70
BEETRO 16.5ft Aluminum Telescoping Ladder, A Type Portable Telescopic Extension Ladder for Outdoor Working, Household Use and More, 330lb Capacity, More Durable and Safer with Balance Rod • Amazon Business $179.99 1 $179.99

Materials cost

$427.69

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $34.86

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$498.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.05

Total project goal

$587.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $587.02

10 Donors

-$586.49

Donations toward project cost

-$498.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$87.52

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.53

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 $0.00

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