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Ms. Comfort from Lahaina, HI is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Creative Expression Through Painting in Nature

Help me give my students the the opportunity to create and express themselves through art outside!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Comfort's classroom raised $1,356

This project is fully funded

My Project

I'm a middle school art teacher and want to create an experience for my kids that they will all enjoy, and will be a form of art therapy.

These kids are coming back to school two months late due to fires in Lahaina on Maui.

Many have lost everything in the fires. They need the freedom to express themselves in the aftermath.

My plan is to use the easels and paper during our study of impressionism.

Impressionist painters often painted outside, so I want to give my students that same experience.

Ms. Comfort Lahaina Intermediate School Grades 6-8

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.

Lahaina, HI 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Blick Essentials Paint and Draw Easel - Natural • Blick Art Materials $37.42 18 $673.56
Pacon Easel Paper Roll - 18" x 100 ft, White • Blick Art Materials $18.34 10 $183.40

Materials cost

$856.96

Vendor shipping charges

$214.24

Sales tax

$37.71

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,151.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$203.25

Total project goal

$1,355.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,355.01

5 Donors

-$1,336.00

Donations toward project cost

-$1,151.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$184.80

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.35

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$0.00

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