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Mrs. Whitmer from Yuma, AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Discover the World with National Geographic Books!

Help me give my students National Geographic books to read in our Outdoor Library!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Whitmer's classroom raised $545

This project is fully funded

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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

During recess everyday, we open up an outdoor library where kids can sit under trees, in our cozy chairs and read. It's a magical place for my students! However, our outdoor library needs more fact books. Your donations towards this project would purchase National Geographic books. What I love about National Geographic books is they create a curiosity for learning. These books will encourage more reading during recess and learning of the world around them! I need your support on this project to make it a reality for all my students. Thank you!

Mrs. Whitmer Gowan Science Academy Grades 3-5

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.

Yuma, AZ View local requests 600 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bet You Didn't Know: Fascinating, Far-out, Fun-tastic Facts! • Amazon Business $29.90 1 $29.90
The World’s Most Amazing Places: 1000 incredible facts (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $28.72 1 $28.72
National Geographic Kids Dinosaur Atlas • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
125 Cool Inventions: Supersmart Machines and Wacky Gadgets You Never Knew You Wanted! (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $21.90 1 $21.90
Weird But True Collector's Set (Boxed Set): 1,050 Outrageous Facts • Amazon Business $21.49 1 $21.49
National Geographic Kids 125 True Stories of Amazing Animals: Inspiring Tales of Animal Friendship & Four-Legged Heroes, Plus Crazy Animal Antics • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99
5,000 Awesome Facts About Animals • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
National Geographic Student World Atlas, 6th Edition • Amazon Business $19.97 1 $19.97
National Geographic Wild Animal Atlas: Earth's Astonishing Animals and Where They Live (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $17.69 1 $17.69
National Geographic Readers: Predators Collection: Readers That Grow With You • Amazon Business $16.22 1 $16.22
Space Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition: A Tour of Our Solar System and Beyond • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
Dino Records: The Most Amazing Prehistoric Creatures Ever to Have Lived on Earth! • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Everything: Stone Age to Iron Age: Go hunting for facts, photos and fun! (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $13.42 1 $13.42
National Geographic Kids Why?: Over 1,111 Answers to Everything • Amazon Business $12.98 1 $12.98
Weird But True Know-It-All: Rocks & Minerals • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
The Ultimate Book of Sharks (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Animal Smackdown: Surprising Animal Matchups With Surprising Results (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
National Geographic Kids Everything Dogs: All the Canine Facts, Photos, and Fun You Can Get Your Paws On! • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Weird But True Gross: 300 Slimy, Sticky, and Smelly Facts • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Surprising Stories Behind Everyday Stuff • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Cutest Animals on the Planet (National Geographic) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Weird But True Ocean • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Weird But True Sports: 300 Wacky Facts About Awesome Athletics (Weird But True, 2) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Weird But True Know-It-All: U.S. Presidents • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Weird But True! USA • Amazon Business $8.33 1 $8.33
Weird But True Animals • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Weird But True 10 • Amazon Business $6.71 1 $6.71

Materials cost

$398.57

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$28.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$463.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.71

Total project goal

$544.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$544.76

5 Donors

-$254.90

Donations toward project cost

-$238.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.24

match offer

-$263.99

Match offer toward project cost

-$224.39

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.60

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$25.88

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$0.00

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