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Mrs. Morton from Lewiston, ME is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Finding Laughter in Difficult Times

Help me give my students a kids' joke book from Scholastic to practice their reading skills and to find laughter in their day! Each kindergartener from our school will receive a copy at their residence.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Morton's classroom raised $536

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our kindergarten students are incredible humans...we always knew that, but they have proven themselves to be nothing less than resilient young humans who are doing their best in a time when even grown ups don't have any idea about what to do.

Our kids are English Language Learners, they come from families who have been deeply impacted by the pandemic, families who are focused on meeting their basic needs, families who are working with the little they have.

We can help provide families with some respite, we can provide opportunities where there previously were none. This project will impact all of the kindergarten families from our school.

My Project

When this project is fully funded, we will be able to send every kindergarten child at our school a copy of a book called Get the Giggles! Inside, kids will find appropriate, illustrated jokes that are written in a way that is designed for young readers. We are looking for a way to send home fun reading material that will help kids across our kindergarten classes feel connected and joyous.

When our students receive this book at home, we want them to feel loved by their teachers and school community, and to have something that provides them with a little laughter!

Gifting these books will give families opportunities not only to read together, but find ways to laugh during what is turning into a very difficult time.

Mrs. Morton Robert V. Connors Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Scholastic Reader Level 1: Get the Giggles: A First Joke Book • Amazon Business $3.99 100 $399.00

Materials cost

$399.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $19.95

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$454.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.28

Total project goal

$535.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $535.21

5 Donors

-$280.10

Donations toward project cost

-$238.09

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.01

match offer

-$255.11

Match offer toward project cost

-$216.84

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.27

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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