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Ms. Helbling from Jeromesville OH is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Guitar Heros

Help me give my students a set of class guitars! Each student would have their own individual guitar to work with at school and have the ability to take them home to practice.

  • $2,185 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

These students are up for anything! Learning how to play the guitar can be intimidating, but nothing is worth more than seeing their smile when they finally can play something. Our guitar students have a lot of focus and work ethic while having a fun time!

My Project

We all loved feeling like a rockstar when the games "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" came out in the early 2000s. Our high school students have the unique opportunity to learn how to play the guitar for free in a year-long course. Right now, we are using donated guitars from the community. These donations have sparked creativity in our students and have inspired them to purchase their own guitars. While we sincerely appreciate these donated guitars, some are in a little rough shape, and every guitar is different.

Our goal for this project is to have a set of identical guitars, so students do not feel discouraged about having a lower quality guitar than one of their peers.

The guitars will be used for in-class instruction, where they will learn individual notes, finger positions, chord charts, and various musical styles. The skills they learn in the classroom will set them up to be independent learners of the guitar outside of the classroom.

Ms. Helbling
Grades 9-12
  • Hillsdale Middle School
  • Jeromesville, OH
    • More than a third of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 15 students.

    10 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
GigMaker Acoustic Guitar Pack • Woodwind and Brasswind $179.99 10 $1,799.90

Materials cost

$1,799.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$27.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,856.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$327.69

Total project goal

$2,184.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,184.59

8 Donors

-$1,626.26

Donations toward project cost

-$1,401.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$225.19

Matching donations from our partners

-$536.27

Match offers toward project cost

-$455.83

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.44

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.06

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 $0.00

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