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Ms. Garcia from Houston TX is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Diversity Through Play Is Our Strength!

Help me give my students pretend and play equipment to promote inclusion and diversity in Kindergarten.

  • $982 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! 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 Students

I work in a Title I school where all the students receive free breakfast and lunch every day. Many of my students come from low income families, so I have to establish a classroom that provides my students with the necessary items they need to thrive in their learning.

As a teacher, I have to provide an environment where my students can feel safe and motivated to come to school to learn and do their best every day.

My students are eager to learn and do their best every day. They want to be in school because they want to learn all they can so they can be successful.

My Project

As an educator, I can expose my students to different perspectives of others, whether positive or negative, they need to know how people may perceive them in the communities.

Diversity in the playground and in centers is the key for my students to have an open mind into experiencing, exploring, learning, and empathizing with others.

Puppets, playground equipment and other multicultural toys are essential tools for my students learning, exploring, experiencing and expressing ones abilities to empathize with others. These materials will provide my students the ability and strength to understand cultural diversity and help socioeconomic status, inequality, as well as equality within their community and around the world.

Ms. Garcia
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
SCOOTER (NEW) MED - SET OF 6 • School Specialty $212.02 1 $212.02
HOOPS 36 INCH ULTRAHOOPS SET OF 6 • School Specialty $74.99 1 $74.99
THREE LITTLE PIGS TRADITIONAL STORY - SET OF 5 • School Specialty $46.49 1 $46.49
NUSERY RHYMES TRADITIONAL STORY - SET OF 7 • School Specialty $46.49 1 $46.49
GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS TRADITIONAL STORY - SET OF 5 • School Specialty $46.49 1 $46.49
PUPPET AND PROPS FOR IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE - SET OF 16 • School Specialty $43.64 1 $43.64
PUPPET AND PROPS FOR BROWN BEAR BROWN BEAR - SET OF 12 • School Specialty $43.64 1 $43.64
MINE TO LOVE LUKE AND LUCY DOLL SET • School Specialty $40.49 1 $40.49
MAGNA-QUBIX 29 PIECE SET • School Specialty $32.62 1 $32.62
TARGETS HULA-HOOP HOOPSOFT SET OF 2 • School Specialty $26.77 1 $26.77
DOLLS PRETEND PLAY DIVERSE ABILITIES SET OF 6 • School Specialty $25.79 1 $25.79
PRETEND PLAY FOOD BIRTHDAY CAKE - SET OF 34 • School Specialty $21.82 1 $21.82
TOY WOOD PIZZERIA SET OF 54 • School Specialty $21.82 1 $21.82
JUMPROPE GRADESTUFF SOLID COLOR LINK 9FT SET OF 6 • School Specialty $20.24 1 $20.24
PUPPET PETE THE CAT AND HIS FOUR GROOVY BUTTONS • School Specialty $17.69 1 $17.69

Materials cost

$721.00

Vendor shipping charges

$72.10

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$833.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$147.16

Total project goal

$981.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$981.08

1 Donor

-$327.03

Donations toward project cost

-$277.98

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.05

match offer

-$654.05

Match offer toward project cost

-$555.94

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$98.11

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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$0.00

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