You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

Mrs. Priscilla Milam from Alum Creek WV is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

From Wobbly Tables to Stable Desks

Help me give my students new desks and chairs to replace the wobbly tables and old chairs we currently have in our classroom.

  • $791 goal

This project expired on May 8, 2020.

This project expired on May 8, 2020.

My Students

I currently teach English/Language Arts and Science to two separate 4th grade classes in our school. We are a preschool through fifth grade school of approximately 320 students where the diversity of our students is typical to our area, from poverty-stricken to middle class, with many living in broken homes or with grandparents/guardians. All students in our school receive free breakfast and lunch.

We'd be very grateful for any donation to help us refurbish our classroom with these new desks and chairs!

In order to get them all replaced, we will need to do this five separate times, but I think it's invaluable to show my students they're worth it.

My Project

Several students find it difficult to concentrate on their classwork because they are sitting to close to their neighbor and don't have enough personal space. Focus is also skewed because several tables wobble.

Having new desks and chairs will enable students to have a space to call their own, free from a wobbling table and lack of surface space.

Students will be able to keep some of their books and other items in their desk, which they currently cannot do with the tables in the classroom. They will also have a slightly larger surface area on which to write and they will know what is "their space" and what is not.

Mrs. Priscilla Milam
Grades 3-5

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Priscilla Milam is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Flash Furniture YUYCY046 Plastic Student Desk, Grey • Staples Advantage $79.99 5 $399.95
Flash Furniture HERCULES Plastic Office Chair, Black (RUT-F01A-BK-GG) • Staples Advantage $46.49 5 $232.45

Materials cost

$632.40

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$671.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$118.57

Total project goal

$790.46

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Alum Creek","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[849924],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"WV","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":2,"name":"Elementary School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":4688178,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":791,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/from-wobbly-tables-to-stable-desks/4688178/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":25,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Priscilla Milam","isEquityFocus":false,"authorIds":{"849924":{"owner":"Mrs. Priscilla Milam","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":0.0,"proposalsOnPage":[4688178],"proposalHash":"-1782570776","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":0.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp849924_orig.jpg?crop=891,891,x123,y0&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1579745572007","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":7,"teacherChallengeId":151880,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":849924,"schoolCounty":"Kanawha","fullyFunded":false,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"WV","name":"West Virginia"}}