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Mr. Ribaudo from Bakersfield, CA is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Get Into the Swing of Things

Help me give my students the tools to become the best that they can be.

  • $228 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

Baseball and softball are not commonly played among our students. In fact, playing on the school team is the first exposure our students ever have to the wonderful game of softball. For this reason, our students have a lot of ground to make up when it comes to being able to compete against their peers at neighboring schools.

This project will help provide our student athletes with valuable instructional tools.

Hitting a baseball/softball is often regarded as being the hardest thing to do in sports. The batting trainers and swing trainers selected for this project will help our students become better, more confident hitters. Thank you for your consideration.

Mr. Ribaudo Sierra 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.

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Bakersfield, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

600 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Rotor System USA Swing Perfecting Batting Trainer for Softball and Baseball Back Foot Rotation Power Hitter Plate Training Equipment - All Ages • Amazon Business $40.00 2 $80.00
SWINGRAIL Baseball/Softball Swing Trainer Aid - Equipment for Batting and Hitting • Amazon Business $33.99 2 $67.98

Materials cost

$147.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $13.54

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$193.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.19

Total project goal

$227.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $227.93

2 Donors

-$109.56

Donations toward project cost

-$100.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.93

match offer

-$109.54

Match offer toward project cost

-$93.11

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.43

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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