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Ms. Joanna Traver from Saint Paul, MN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Free Lunch Class Set

Help me give my students an important and eye opening memoir by Rex Ogle.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Joanna Traver's classroom raised $394

This project is fully funded

My Project

We will focus on non-fiction in ELA 11/12, and my students will need highly engaging, page turning, and moving memoirs like "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle. This set of books will allow students to have equal access to a real, paper book, keeping them off technology and free to read at their own pace. When students can carry books to and from school, it opens the door for them to become readers outside of the classroom. "Free Lunch" is a true story and deals with Rex Ogle and his family's experience with poverty. For some students this will be an eye-opening memoir about unfairness; for others, it will be a mirror.

Ms. Joanna Traver Open World Learning Community Grades 9-12

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.

Saint Paul, MN 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Free Lunch (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 30 $300.00

Materials cost

$300.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$334.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.03

Total project goal

$393.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$393.53

5 Donors

-$356.76

Donations toward project cost

-$304.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.01

Matching donations from our partners

-$35.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$29.75

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.77

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$0.00

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