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Ms. Flora from Trenton, NJ is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Cultivating Compassion in a Student-Led Community Garden

Help me give my students a Gardyn hydroponic gardening system so we can grow fresh produce in class.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Flora's classroom raised $1,050

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Project

New Jersey, is a sanctuary city where families from all over the world come to seek new beginnings. In our school, students speak many languages and carry stories of transition, hardship, and hope. Despite living in an area with economic challenges, our students are rich in culture, kindness, and a willingness to care for others. To cultivate both food and empathy, we are creating a student-run hydroponics garden in our classroom. This garden will not only grow vegetables but also grow our students’ capacity for compassion.

Students will learn to see the world through the eyes of others by taking on responsibility for growing food that will go to our school’s free produce pantry—supporting peers who may be facing food insecurity.

As they work together to maintain the garden, they will also learn about the global challenges of hunger and resource scarcity, and what it means to meet someone’s basic needs with dignity. This hands-on project teaches students how small acts—watering a plant, harvesting a crop—can contribute to alleviating suffering. They will reflect on what it means to nourish both bodies and spirits through care and cooperation. By managing the entire process themselves, students will feel empowered to take action in their own communities.

We will measure success by tracking garden yields, student participation, and student reflections on what compassion means to them. They will write brief reflection journals about how their work in the garden connects to the lives of others and how it has changed the way they see their peers. By supporting this project, you are helping us sow seeds of empathy, action, and community—one plant and one student at a time.

Ms. Flora Trenton Ninth Grade Academy Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gardyn 4.0 Hydroponics Growing System Kit & Vertical Garden Planter, 30 Non-GMO Indoor Plants Smart Garden, Herbs, Vegetables & LED Grow Lights for Indoor Gardening System • Amazon Business $849.00 1 $849.00

Materials cost

$849.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$891.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$157.37

Total project goal

$1,049.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,049.11

3 Donors

-$523.67

Donations toward project cost

-$446.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.05

match offer

-$523.67

Match offer toward project cost

-$445.12

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$78.55

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.77

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 $0.00

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