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Ms. Doster from Norfolk, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Feed the Need to Read

Help me give my students the gift of reading. Thank you so much!

  • $974 goal

This project expired on April 3, 2024.

This project expired on April 3, 2024.

My Project

Hello and thank you for looking into our project of books. We are really in need of literature that our demographic can relate to. A child having the privilege of reading a book that they can see themselves in, will knowingly give self-confidence, motivation for the impossible and a glimpse of what they can become. Reading is fundamental on all levels but is especially nurtured on the Elementary level.

The early years are the most precious time to open their minds to endless possibilities.

We need to make sure that everyone is succeeding when it comes to reading. Reading is the foundation to all other subjects. Help us build our foundation and make it the strongest ever.

Ms. Doster Jacox 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 will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

30 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
HP 58A Ink Cartridge, CF258A, Black • School Specialty $191.77 1 $191.77
HP - 58A Standard Capacity Toner Cartridge - Black • Best Buy Education $105.86 1 $105.86
4 High School Favorites #1 (Ages 14+): Becoming, Black Enough, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Blackout (paperback+hardcover book set) • MahoganyBooks $60.00 1 $60.00
4 Elementary Favorites #1 (Ages 8-12): Black Boy Joy, A Good Kind of Trouble, Stamped (For Kids), Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition (book set) • MahoganyBooks $46.00 1 $46.00
3 Book Set - Graphic Novels: New Kid, Class Act, School Trip (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $36.87 1 $36.87
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $31.50 1 $31.50
The Light We Carry (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $29.25 1 $29.25
Historically Black: American Icons Who Attended HBCUs (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $23.40 1 $23.40
Gaither Sisters Trilogy Box Set (paperback book set) • MahoganyBooks $21.57 1 $21.57
March: Book Three (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $17.99 1 $17.99
March: Book Two (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $17.96 1 $17.96
Cool. Awkward. Black. (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Ambitious Girl (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Barracoon (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $16.99 1 $16.99
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Black is a Rainbow Color (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
I Am Smart, I Am Blessed, I Can Do Anything! (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
March: Book One (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $13.46 1 $13.46
Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $9.89 1 $9.89
Black Brother, Black Brother (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
The Only Black Girls in Town (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
Whistle for Willie (board book) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
One Love (board book) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$762.11

Vendor shipping charges

 $24.18

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$827.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$146.07

Total project goal

$973.79

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