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Mrs. Bencomo from Keaau, HI is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Growing Through STEM

Help me give my students replacement seeds and growing materials to continue our learning with our classroom garden.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Bencomo's classroom raised $207

This project is fully funded

My Project

Our classroom was fortunate to get a Lettice Grow Farmstand that supports learning in ELA, Math, and Science. Students use this to apply their literacy and math skills of measuring, estimating, analyzing, researching, and explaining the growth process of different vegetables and flowers. We are going through the process of learning about different types of lettuces but want to expand our learning to new plants.

Help our class learn about a variety of fruits, vegetables, and flowers with new seeds and grow pods.

Each plant grown in our classroom is researched, studied, and sent home to share with the students and their families. It has been an amazing learning opportunity that we would like to continue through the rest of the school year.

Mrs. Bencomo Kea'au Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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.

Keaau, HI 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

25 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Root Riot Replacement Cubes - 50 Cubes • Amazon Business $25.79 1 $25.79
Burpee Best 10 Non-GMO Planting Tomato Seeds for Garden Gifts (1 Pack) • Amazon Business $25.67 1 $25.67
Baxrou 120 Pack 3.15 Inch Peat Pots Plant Starters for Seedling, Biodegradable Herb Seed Starter Pots Kits, Garden Germination Nursery Pot wit 30 Plant Labels, 2 Transplant Tools. • Amazon Business $17.85 1 $17.85
5,000+ Heirloom Lettuce Seeds for Planting Indoors - 95% Germination, Non-GMO Greens Seeds, (10 Varieties): Kale, Spinach, Butter, Romaine, Arugula & More - Lettuce Seeds for Hydroponic Home Garden • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
UNNI Compostable Bags with Handles, 2.6 Gallon, 9.84 Liter, 100 Count, 0.68 Mil, Samll Kitchen Food Scrap Waste Bags, T-Shirt Bags, ASTM D6400, US BPI, CMA & OK Compost Home Certified, San Francisco • Amazon Business $15.94 1 $15.94
Burpee Triple Treat Marigold Seeds 50 seeds • Amazon Business $9.85 1 $9.85
Burpee Double Click Bicolor Pink Cosmos Seeds 50 seeds • Amazon Business $8.69 1 $8.69
Burpee Straight Eight Slicing Cucumber Seeds 200 seeds • Amazon Business $8.05 1 $8.05
1000 Bok Choy Seeds - Shanghai Green Stem - Heirloom Non-GMO Vegetable Seeds for Planting - AKA Pak Choi, Pok Choi, Chinese Cabbage • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$133.82

Vendor shipping charges

$3.80

Sales tax

$5.89

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$175.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.97

Total project goal

$206.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$206.49

2 Donors

-$118.01

Donations toward project cost

-$117.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.50

match offer

-$68.25

Match offer toward project cost

-$58.01

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.24

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.24

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$0.00

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