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Mrs. Williams from Cleveland, OH is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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How We Contain Our Thirst!

Help me give my students a way to contain their thirst with these reusable water bottles!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Williams's classroom raised $1,095

This project is fully funded

My Project

Our students frequently ask to go to the water fountain to get a drink of water. This causes a lot of missing instructional time. Even after the pandemic, it is difficult to keep the water fountains in the classrooms sanitized.

This environmental saving project will fund a new, reusable water bottle for each of the students in the entire school!

We are talking about ways to save on the environment and having a water bottle that isn't thrown away each day is a great way to model with our students what we are teaching. Many students just don't have a water bottle at their house to bring each day.

This is going to make a huge difference for the students in my building. I am so thankful to have DonorsChoose for the opportunity to help get these materials for all students!

Mrs. Williams Orchard STEM School Grades PreK-2

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.

Cleveland, OH View local requests

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

530 students impacted 38donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Colorful Plastic Water Bottles with Flip-Top Lids, 24 oz. • Dollar Tree $30.00 23 $690.00

Materials cost

$690.00

Vendor shipping charges

$199.99

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$930.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$164.18

Total project goal

$1,094.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,094.52

31 Donors

-$659.67

Donations toward project cost

-$573.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$85.70

Matching donations from our partners

-$419.26

Match offers toward project cost

-$356.37

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.89

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.59

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$0.00

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