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Mrs. Moody from Colonial Heights VA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Free Dress & Suit Shop for School Dances

Help me give my students the experience of attending a high school dance. These sturdy garment racks will allow me to display dresses and suits for young women and men to shop for FREE!

  • $310 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

The students who attend my high school, a population of approximately 900 students, are of various socioeconomic backgrounds.

Because my school is relatively small, the students who lack financial resources to participate in extracurricular activities, athletics, and school social events, such as dances, are in stark contrast to those who do.

These economically disadvantaged students miss out on iconic experiences of high school.

The joy and relief on students' faces when they find the perfect clothing and accessories -- for free -- inspires me to coordinate this project year after year.

My Project

Many students at my high school cannot afford to buy the proper clothes to attend school dances. If they do not meet the dress requirements, they are not allowed into these events. During the past few years, I have collected over 300 dresses and many suits to pass on to these students at no cost to them.

I sponsor a Free Dress & Suit Shop three times per year to allow students to pick out a semi-formal or formal dress or a suit so they can experience a high school dance with their friends.

The sturdy garment racks will allow me to set up a true shopping experience for these students.

Since I do not have any type of budget for this project, I have fully funded it on my own. The garment racks that I am currently using are bending and breaking because they cannot hold the weight of the clothing.

Mrs. Moody
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sable Garment Rack, Multi-Function Commercial Grade Clothes Rolling Rack 330 lbs Load on 4 Wheels, Easy to Assemble, Comes with Free Foldable Storage Box, Heavy Duty Steel - Chrome • Amazon Business $45.99 5 $229.95

Materials cost

$229.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$263.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.48

Total project goal

$309.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$309.88

4 Donors

-$259.88

Donations toward project cost

-$220.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.98

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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$0.00

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Project Activity

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