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Ms. Ryan from Lyons, IL is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Us Stay Sharp! Solve Our End-Of-Year Pencil Shortage

Help me give my students the ability to write and create as our school year comes to a close!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Ryan's classroom raised $184

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 Project

As the school year comes to a close, teachers all over my building are running out of the one thing students need to finish the school year strong: pencils! We've been working so hard that pencils are sharpened down to nubs, erasers are nonexistent, and even our pencil sharpener is breaking down from ware and tare! Please help us finish the year strong (and start fresh next year!) with pencils that work for all of my students. I am the school librarian, so every student in the school will be using these supplies!

Ms. Ryan Costello School Grades PreK-2

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.

Lyons, IL 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

280 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ticonderoga Pre-Sharpened No 2 Pencils with Eraser, Pack of 72 - Wood • School Specialty $17.99 2 $35.98
Crayola Classpack Kids' Colored Pencils Assorted Colors 240/Carton (68-8024) • Staples $33.76 1 $33.76
AFMAT Electric Pencil Sharpener, Pencil Sharpener for Colored Pencils, Auto Stop, Super Sharp & Fast, Electric Pencil Sharpener Plug in for 6-12mm No.2/Colored Pencils/Office/Home-Black • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Paper Mate Pink Pearl Erasers Pink 24/Box (70520) • Staples $8.44 1 $8.44
Pink Pencil Top Erasers - Pink, Box of 144 • Blick Art Materials $7.42 1 $7.42

Materials cost

$110.59

Vendor shipping charges

 $13.55

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$155.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.49

Total project goal

$183.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $183.29

1 Donor

-$122.18

Donations toward project cost

-$103.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.32

match offer

-$61.11

Match offer toward project cost

-$51.94

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.17

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 $0.00

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