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Mrs. DiCarlo from Hazleton PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Growing Minds

My students need a shelving unit and refrigerator to store produce from our tower gardens.

  • $1,001 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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 Students

I teach at a Title I school where 100 percent of my students receive a free lunch. Many of my students do not have the best home life, yet they come to school with a positive attitude hoping to learn and create a better future for themselves. I teach at a career center where students learn better kinesthetically so I’d like to be able to engage them with more labs rather than worksheets. They are hard workers and deserve every opportunity at success.

My Project

My biology students along with the special education program started growing vegetables using tower gardens this year. Instead of learning about photosynthesis, cellular respiration, cells and other key concepts through notes and worksheets, students are able to learn through hands-on activities involving the garden. They also learn about the importance of eating healthy meals and how to cook those meals. We would like to take the gardens a step farther and start cooking for students throughout the school. We need a shelving unit to store our minerals, pH tests, and some of our vegetables. We need the refrigerator unit to store the other vegetables that need to be refrigerated.

Mrs. DiCarlo
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
TK17622928T RefrigeratorCompact4.5cu ftSilver • Grainger $370.81 1 $370.81
TK17622929T Bin Shelving74 Overall H12 BinsClear • Grainger $365.08 1 $365.08

Materials cost

$735.89

Vendor shipping charges

$73.59

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$850.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$150.09

Total project goal

$1,000.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,000.61

10 Donors

-$876.20

Donations toward project cost

-$748.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$127.68

match offer

-$120.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$102.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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$0.00

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