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Ms. Pizzano from Bridgeport CT is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Growing in the Classroom

Help me give my students materials to start their outdoor garden in the spring!

  • $281 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are representative of the surrounding community as they come from a diverse set of backgrounds and each and every one of them brings a fresh and unique perspective to the classroom. Our science classroom is starting from scratch.

My Project

My school's garden club is looking to install a raised garden in the courtyard of our school building. We want to instill the ability to grow their own food into the students in our club and the rest of the school community.

Spring is coming soon, which means our growing season is almost upon us!

I want to have the beds in place for us to start planting our seedlings in so they have time to grow!

Students need to know where their food comes from, and when they can grow it themselves it helps to grow pride in the things that they do and can accomplish with some hard work!

Ms. Pizzano
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
kdgarden Raised Garden Bed Kit 4'x4' Outdoor Above Ground Planter Box for Growing Vegetables Flowers Herbs, DIY Gardening, Whelping Pen and More, Screwless White Vinyl Garden Bed with Grid • Amazon Business $78.29 2 $156.58
WORKPRO 6 Pairs Garden Gloves, Work Glove with Eco Latex Palm Coated, Working Gloves for Weeding, Digging, Raking and Pruning(M) • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Container Gardening For Beginners: A Guide to Growing Your Own Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs, and Edible Flowers • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Stansport Prospecting Hand Trowel • Amazon Business $2.90 4 $11.60
Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners: Everything You Need to Know to Start and Sustain a Thriving Garden • Amazon Business $10.50 1 $10.50

Materials cost

$205.56

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$238.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.11

Total project goal

$280.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $280.75

2 Donors

-$270.25

Donations toward project cost

-$229.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.53

match offer

-$10.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.92

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.58

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 $0.00

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