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Ms. Mandi Purchase from Savannah, GA is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Energize Our Classroom by Providing Healthy Snacks

Help me give my students a quick snack when they are hungry and won’t be home for hours. A bag of trail mix, or a quick healthy snack might just hold them over till they get home.

  • $201 goal

This project expired on August 1, 2025.

This project expired on August 1, 2025.

My Project

If a child ever feels weak or has sugar issues, I can help by providing them a snack not far from them. With how our schedules are usually kids tend to work nonstop using their brain. Transitioning from 2nd to 3rd is a big jump and will require more energy! What better way to help them than giving them a snack when needed. With being a school in a low income area, there are a lot of kids who do not have a lot of food at home. I have had quite a few kids say their parents never have they money to send them to school with a snack and it makes me feel bad. With having kids of my own, I can totally relate to this! Please help provide snacks for my classroom so they are able to have a snack as needed, whether it is for when they need extra energy, feel lightheaded, their sugar is low or even to have a snack to have them last the hunger pain they feel on the way home from school.

Ms. Mandi Purchase Virginia L Heard Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Savannah, GA View local requests

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

25 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Healthy Snack Bars To Go & Bars Gift Variety Pack (Care Package 66 Count) Comes in Elegant LA Signature Gift Box -Bulk Sampler Bars Military Care Package, Office Meetings & More • Amazon Business $44.99 1 $44.99
Nuts Snack Packs - Mixed Nuts and Trail Mix Individual Packs - Healthy Snacks Care Package Gift (28 Count) • Amazon Business $38.99 1 $38.99
GoGo squeeZ Applesauce and Fruit Puree, Apple Apple, 3.2 oz (Pack of 18), Unsweetened Fruit Snacks for Kids, Gluten Free, Nut Free and Dairy Free, Recloseable Cap, BPA Free Pouches • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
Del Monte FRUIT CUP Snacks, Family Pack, No Sugar Added, 12-Pack, 4 oz Variety Pack • Amazon Business $7.82 2 $15.64

Materials cost

$129.60

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$8.94

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$170.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.08

Total project goal

$200.56

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

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