Help me give my students landscape fabric and garden spikes to use in the garden and orchard to prevent weeds from growing.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Tina Alcain's classroom raised $493
This project is fully funded
My Students
Many of my students are from low-income families and receive free lunch. Our school is the only high school in our area and this year 100% of the students will receive free breakfast and lunch for the school year. Sometimes, eating a healthy, well-balanced meal happens only in school for many of them. Being able to grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs for them to take home and share with their families is something we have been wanting to do in class for a long time. We also have livestock to take care of that we use as learning tools in the classroom. Taking the livestock section one step further and harvesting them for food will teach the students even more about self-sustainability.
Sharing the bounty they raise in class with their families will solidify the teachings and experiences they have in class.
They will be able to share with others how they worked and harvested what they grew and raised then turn around and share with their families what we ate.
My Project
Our last two months of school has been a whirlwind of working and clearing weeds and unearthing garden beds to get ready for planting. My students have had to work extra hard to clear the areas that got very unruly in the year and a half that no one was on campus. Because of that, we would like to put down heavy-duty landscape fabric everywhere we can on the farm to prevent future weeds from being able to sprout.
Landscape fabric in between our garden beds and in the orchard will prevent weeds from growing we don't have to clear those areas any more.
This is allow us to do less maintenance each year on the farm and focus more on getting the garden beds ready to plant herbs and vegetables at the very start! Being able to grow food at the beginning of the year will enable my students to learn off the bat and not have to do maintenance first. Although hard work is good for the soul.
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
· Petgrow · Heavy Duty Weed Barrier Landscape Fabric for Outdoor Gardens, Non Woven Weed Blockr Fabric - Garden Landscaping Fabric Roll - Weed Control Fabric in Rolls（5FTX300FT）
• Amazon Business
$135.99
2
$271.98
One Stop Outdoor (100-PACK) 4" Heavy Duty Professional Grade Plastic Landscape & Garden Spikes - Multi Use Weed Fabric, Erosion Netting & Tarp Stakes (4" Inch Stake)
• Amazon Business
$18.99
5
$94.95
Materials cost
$366.93
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$16.14
3rd party payment processing fee
$5.50
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$418.57
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$73.87
Total project goal
$492.44
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$492.44
6 Donors
-$402.44
Donations toward project cost
-$342.07
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$60.37
match offer
-$90.00
Match offer toward project cost
-$76.50
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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