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Mrs. Spence from La Mesa, CA is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Dance Team Tap Shoes

Help me give my students new Tap Shoes! Our dance team is in need of new Tap Shoes.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Spence's classroom raised $1,246

This project is fully funded

My Project

Our dance team has over 200 dancers who participate in dance class every school day. Dancers learn many different dance styles including Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical and Tap. They also have at least two performance opportunities throughout the school year.

We are in need of new tap shoes for our dance performance in the Spring.

Many of our tap shoes are older and broken. We would like to replace these so that our Dance team students can participate in our tap dance for the show. Including Tap in our curriculum allows us to create well rounded dancers who are knowledgable in many styles of dance. Tap dance helps us to build skills in teamwork and working together!

Mrs. Spence La Mesa Arts Academy 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.

La Mesa, CA View local requests

More than a third 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

150 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Linodes PU Leather Lace Up Tap Shoe Dance Shoes for Women and Men's Dance Shoes-Black-7.5M • Amazon Business $30.99 9 $278.91
Linodes PU Leather Lace Up Tap Shoe Dance Shoes for Women and Men's Dance Shoes-Black-9M • Amazon Business $30.99 6 $185.94
Linodes PU Leather Lace Up Tap Shoe Dance Shoes for Women and Men's Dance Shoes-Black-8M • Amazon Business $30.99 6 $185.94
Linodes PU Leather Lace Up Tap Shoe Dance Shoes for Women and Men's Dance Shoes-Black-6M • Amazon Business $30.99 5 $154.95
Linodes PU Leather Lace Up Tap Shoe Dance Shoes for Women and Men's Dance Shoes-Black-5M • Amazon Business $30.99 2 $61.98
Linodes PU Leather Lace Up Tap Shoe Dance Shoes for Women and Men's Dance Shoes-Black-10.5M • Amazon Business $30.99 2 $61.98

Materials cost

$929.70

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$85.07

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,058.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$186.83

Total project goal

$1,245.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,245.55

1 Donor

-$622.77

Donations toward project cost

-$529.36

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$93.41

match offer

-$622.78

Match offer toward project cost

-$529.36

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$93.42

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$0.00

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