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Mrs. Burns from Durham, NC is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Folding Tables For STEAM Night

Help me give my students 2 6 foot and 10 4 foot folding tables to use during our annual STEAM night event for their outreach stations.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Burns's classroom raised $1,065

This project is fully funded

My Project

We have amazing students that are so talented and have a wide range of interests and skills. Last year, we brought back our Science Night and made it an even bigger event by making it STEAM Night! We have outreach from outside partners come in to do activities with the kids and their families, and we also have our very own students do the same! They choose a lab that we have done in class to run with families that evening. They work in teams so that they can take turns running the station so the other(s) can also go and enjoy the event and take everything in.

It is an amazing event, that we are constantly looking to make better than the year before!

The event has grown and evolved so much over the years. We are to the point that we need to start getting our own folding tables to use for this event. These tables will be used for our outreach presenters to run their lab stations, as well as our own students to run their outreach stations. These tables will allow for easier set up and tear down the night of the event. Which will allow students more time to practice using their set up before the big event.

Mrs. Burns Sherwood Githens Middle School Grades 6-8

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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.

Durham, NC 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

850 students impacted 13donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Staples 4' x 24 Heavy Duty Folding Table Gray (79203/54406) • Staples $61.62 10 $616.20
Staples 6' x 30 Heavy Duty Folding Table Light Gray (79223/54272) • Staples $92.11 2 $184.22

Materials cost

$800.42

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$62.43

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$904.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$159.68

Total project goal

$1,064.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,064.54

10 Donors

-$1,001.89

Donations toward project cost

-$866.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$135.28

Matching donations from our partners

-$45.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$38.25

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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$0.00

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