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Mr. Richard from Lafayette, LA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Future Workforce

Help me give my students this planer for our carpentry shop. We are working to get kids ready to go into the workforce after high school. This planer will help us do that.

  • $1,033 goal

This project expired on December 14, 2025.

This project expired on December 14, 2025.

My Project

I love seeing the light bulb go off when they finally figure out how to do something. Whether it is operating a tool, or building a project, the feeling I get is the same. I love teaching these students how to use each and every tool in our shop.

Having this planer will allow them to do more projects.

Any time we get a new tool, faces light up and they are so eager to learn how to operate it. Our current planer doesn't work well, so I really cannot wait to see their faces if we get this.

Mr. Richard W.D. & Mary Smith Career Center Grades 9-12

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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.

Lafayette, LA 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

Never Before Funded 35 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Portable Thickness Planer Corded 120V AC • Grainger $768.71 1 $768.71

Materials cost

$768.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $67.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$877.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$154.85

Total project goal

$1,032.35

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