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Mr. Thompson from Waterford, WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Thompson's classroom raised $428

Helping to Create Lifelong Readers

Help me give my students the love of reading for an entire lifetime.

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Mr. Thompson Washington - Caldwell School
Waterford, WI Grades 6-8

My Project

Your donation will help me to create a library for my students. They will be able to find books that will change their lives.

Books can change lives for the better.

I truly believe this, and if my students have wonderful novels from which to choose, they are more likely to find books that can help them on a journey in literature that will help them for the rest of their lives.

I have seen this happen many times in my career, and it starts with wonderful books shelved in a classroom.

60 students impacted 2 donors
Mr. Thompson Washington - Caldwell School Grades 6-8 Waterford, WI View local requests 60 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Darkest Minds Series by Alexandra Bracken 4 Books Collection Set Exclusive Slipcase Edition (The Darkest Minds, Never Fade, In The Afterlight & The Darkest Legacy) • Amazon Business $33.94 4 $135.76
Marcelo in the Real World • Amazon Business $8.99 3 $26.97
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer I Turned Pretty, The) • Amazon Business $8.84 3 $26.52
Family of Liars: The Prequel to We Were Liars • Amazon Business $8.79 3 $26.37
It's Not Summer Without You (The Summer I Turned Pretty) • Amazon Business $8.48 3 $25.44
Ship Breaker (National Book Award Finalist) (Ship Breaker, 1) • Amazon Business $7.69 3 $23.07
Seraphina (Seraphina Series) • Amazon Business $7.69 3 $23.07
We'll Always Have Summer (The Summer I Turned Pretty) • Amazon Business $7.64 3 $22.92
We Were Liars • Amazon Business $5.99 3 $17.97

Materials cost

$328.09

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$363.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.06

Total project goal

$427.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $427.07

2 Donors

-$427.07

Donations toward project cost

-$363.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.06

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