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Ms. Paterson from Detroit MI is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Dancin' In The School

My students need lights and a fog machine to enhance their experiences at their school dances that they love so much! Thank you!

  • $696 goal

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

I teach at a Special Education Center High School for students ages 14-19. Our amazing program is located in Detroit, Michigan. We have three wings that serve students with Autism, Cognitive Impairments, and Severe/Multiple Impairments. We service students from the entire City of Detroit. Our school has 204 beautiful, young people with varying strengths and weaknesses. Their backgrounds are as diverse as their abilities. I have students whose parents are my colleagues and students who live in boarded up houses. Some come from two-parent homes, and some come from three different homes.

We are all unique, but we are definitely a family here.

My Project

We love to dance! School dances are one of our favorite past times! We are blessed to have a staff member who can DJ, so we don't need to hire out, but we do need to maintain our own DJ equipment. This is still a tremendous savings, and enables us to have a great many more dances than we otherwise would be able to have, however we need assistance from time to time to acquire the needed items!

For next year, we would like to be able to add lights and a fog machine to our students' dancing experience.

It is one of their only forms of creative expression at the school, as we do not have a music class. Allowing them to dance, and making it as awesome as possible, is essential to their creative development. We appreciate your support!

Ms. Paterson
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
DragonX 4 Bar LED mobile DJ Stage Lighting Packages/Portable Par Can Kit Gig Spotlight Bar Set/ Sound Activated Wash Flex Light Party System • Amazon Business $219.99 2 $439.98
FogWorx Fog Juice - 1 Gallon of Organic Fog Fluid (128 oz) - Medium Density, High Output, Long Lasting Fog Machine Fluid for 400 Watt to 1500 Watt Machines • Amazon Business $18.99 4 $75.96
CHAUVET DJ H700 Hurricane 700 Fog Machine w/Wired Remote | Fog Machines • Amazon Business $36.99 1 $36.99

Materials cost

$552.93

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$591.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$104.33

Total project goal

$695.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $695.55

2 Donors

-$231.56

Donations toward project cost

-$197.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.98

match offer

-$463.11

Match offer toward project cost

-$393.64

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.47

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.89

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 $0.00

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