You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts

In a rush to make a major tax-deductible gift before the year's end?
Purchase account credits now, and choose projects later!

In a rush to make a major tax-deductible gift before the year's end? Purchase account credits now, and choose projects later!

For direct assistance with credits or anything else, please call The DonorsChoose Scholar Society at (646) 556-9941.

To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

This teacher needs your help!

from IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what is requesting

Help Us Become Published Pupils!

My students need a book binding machine and the binding supplies to help them become published authors.

FULLY FUNDED! 's classroom raised $248

This project is fully funded

My Students

Imagine an author. She works tirelessly and finally has a piece that is so fantastic, it could change the world. Then, she encounters a problem- she can't publish her book! This is the reality in my classroom- amazing students, inspiring writers, but no means of publishing our work.

I teach a group of amazing fifth graders who call one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Chicago their home.

They go through so much each and every day, and that is just before they even make it to school. Once at school, they are so eager and excited to learn that you would hardly know what they had to deal with before the 8 o'clock hour. The are motivated, hard-working, driven, and want to be the best that they can be. Our school, however, does not always have the means or the materials for them to be this best version of their educational selves. That is why I'm asking for your donation to help us take our writing to the next level.

My Project

With the binding machine and the necessary binding materials, my students will be able to become published authors! They take so much time with their writing and work tirelessly to make it the best that they can that it's only fitting that they should be able to publish what they have worked so hard on. These materials will make that publishing a reality for my students, allowing their hard work to be bound and ready to be showcased in our classroom library, at our school literacy nights, and to families and friends!

With your donation to this project, my students will have a means to showcase their amazing work.

No longer will what they do be confined to the classroom- it will be able to reach a much larger audience. And who knows, with the confidence that comes along with being a published author, the sky is the limit for what my students might achieve next!

Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all 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

90 students impacted 4donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
CV215 - Heavy-Duty Bookbinding Machine • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50
CV217BK - 3/8" Plastic Binding - Black • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 3 $29.97
CV214BK - 5/16" Plastic Binding - Black • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 3 $26.97
CV213BK - 1/4" Plastic Binding - Black • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 3 $20.97

Materials cost

$177.41

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$210.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.07

Total project goal

$247.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$247.14

2 Donors

-$247.14

Donations toward project cost

-$210.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.07

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":true,"schoolState":"IL","teacherPossessivePronoun":"their","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":2,"name":"Elementary School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":false,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/help-us-become-published-pupils/1234519/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":90,"isEquityFocusV1":true,"teacherScreenName":"","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-354068592","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Chicago","teachersOnPage":[1907112],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":1234519,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"authorIds":{"1907112":{"owner":"","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[1234519],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":303795,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":1907112,"schoolCounty":"Cook","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"IL","name":"Illinois"}}