You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

This teacher needs your help!

Mrs. Ames from Philadelphia, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mrs. Ames is requesting

Everyone Gets a BOOK!

Help me give my students chapter books to read during the upcoming hybrid school year.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Ames's classroom raised $512

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

My students are bright, energetic, inner-city children that deserve the same educational opportunities as students in suburban districts that surround the Philadelphia experience.

Unfortunately, due to the lack of funding, our district continues to struggle to provide the bare necessities to the children at greatest risk.

Our children live in an impoverished, crime-ridden neighborhood, known throughout Philadelphia, for drug activity and violence. Our rather large K-4 school has become the center of our children's neighborhood. Our school is a place where the children are safe, loved, and most importantly educated. With the pandemic crisis we face, the future of returning to the classroom full time is doubtful and materials for the students will be scarce.

My Project

As we prepare to reopen our school during the Covid-19 pandemic, we have been told that students may not share materials during the upcoming school year, thereby cutting off daily access to our classroom library.

Funding of this project will allow me to prepare individual bundles of books for my students to read throughout the 2020-2021 hybrid school year.

These bundles will allow me to design lessons based on interest/reading levels and form online literature circles where the students will be able to discuss and share thoughts on common books and/or authors.

Mrs. Ames Frances E Willard Elementary School 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.

Philadelphia, PA View local requests

Nearly all 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

33 students impacted 7donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Ames is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew (10 Books) • AKJ Education $44.82 1 $44.82
Ivy and Bean (10 Books) • AKJ Education $44.82 1 $44.82
Amber Brown (8 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $39.96 1 $39.96
Fancy Nancy (10 Books) • AKJ Education $37.34 1 $37.34
Stink (5 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $18.67 2 $37.34
Ann Cameron (6 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $26.89 1 $26.89
Shoot for the Hoop • AKJ Education $6.04 3 $18.12
Ghost of a Chance • AKJ Education $8.99 2 $17.98
If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period • AKJ Education $5.95 3 $17.85
Double Play at Short • AKJ Education $5.71 3 $17.13
Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand • AKJ Education $4.37 3 $13.11
Piper Reed, Campfire Girl • AKJ Education $3.43 3 $10.29
Life of Me, The #14 • AKJ Education $2.00 3 $6.00
Far from Shore • AKJ Education $1.95 3 $5.85
Heidi Heckelbeck Is Not a Thief! • AKJ Education $1.95 3 $5.85
Wedding Wings • AKJ Education $1.95 3 $5.85
The Mummy Mystery • AKJ Education $1.85 3 $5.55
The Swimming Pool Mystery • AKJ Education $1.85 3 $5.55
Greatest Battles Level 4 • AKJ Education $1.85 3 $5.55
The Circus Mystery • AKJ Education $1.85 3 $5.55
Lacrosse Firestorm • AKJ Education $1.95 2 $3.90
Twintuition: Double Vision • AKJ Education $1.85 2 $3.70
Cakes in Space • AKJ Education $1.85 2 $3.70
Rose and the Delicious Secret • AKJ Education $1.75 2 $3.50
Scholastic Reader Level 2: Teeny Tiny Animals • AKJ Education $1.75 2 $3.50
Maggie Malone Makes a Splash • AKJ Education $1.75 2 $3.50

Materials cost

$393.20

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$435.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.78

Total project goal

$511.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $511.88

6 Donors

-$463.35

Donations toward project cost

-$435.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$48.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. Ames and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"PA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":2,"name":"Elementary School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/everyone-gets-a-book/5037840/","mayHaveReplacements":true,"numStudents":33,"isEquityFocusV1":true,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Ames","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"1316422288","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Philadelphia","teachersOnPage":[2751403],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":5037840,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":90842,"schoolName":"Frances E Willard Elementary School","authorIds":{"2751403":{"owner":"Mrs. Ames","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[5037840],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":20532680,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["Mjc1MTQwMw==","NzM4NjU2NA==","NzM2NTAxOA==","Nzk3MjEy","NDY0NzA5NA==","NzM4OTMzMQ=="],"teacherId":2751403,"schoolCounty":"Philadelphia","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"PA","name":"Pennsylvania"}}