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Mrs. Eller from Wilmington DE is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Hydroponics Tray for Growing Fresh Greens in the Classroom

Help me give my students a greenbox hydroponic tray to help them expand their impact in the community.

  • 3 donors
  • $833 still needed

expires May 18

  • 3 donors
  • $833 still needed
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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

I am a 6th grade science teacher in a 1st-8th grade school building. I initially began our Kids Grow Green Program with my 4th grade classroom 3 years ago. I moved to our middle school program 2 years ago and teach 6th grade science. I expanded our Kids Grow Green Program to my 6th graders and this year to my first grade buddy classroom. My 6th graders and students in my first grade buddy classroom have been learning how to grow fresh healthy greens in an exciting, innovative and sustainable way. Students took great care of their seedlings and then watched their seedlings grow into lettuce right in front of them! This hands-on experience is super exciting for students. One 1st grade gardener even said it was his favorite part of school.

This project fully funded will help support our Kids Grow Green program and will provide us with a hydroponics tray system for the classroom allowing students to be able to expand their impact in the community.

Our 1st grade and 6th grade "gardeners" learned how to prepare and grow their seedlings, transfer their seedlings to a classroom hydroponics system and finish their first harvest of fresh lettuce in a collaborative, innovative and exciting way! Our middle school students prepared the fresh healthy lettuce in bags and the bags were delivered to a local shelter. Students are learning how to solve real world problems in an innovative, exciting and sustainable way and providing fresh greens to the community.

I have continued to sustain this program each year by personally funding all of the materials needed. The cost of maintaining the program is increasing as I work to involve more students and increasing the impact of fresh greens students are able to provide to the community. Your generosity is forever appreciated.

Mrs. Eller
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Science First Green Greenbox Hydroponic Tray - Middle-High School - Adult • School Specialty $645.97 1 $645.97

Materials cost

$645.97

Vendor shipping charges

 $64.60

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$750.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$132.40

Total project goal

$882.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $882.66

2 Donors

-$50.00

Donations toward project cost

-$42.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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 $832.66

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