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Mr. Ward from Fayetteville NC is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Instrument Tuners!

My students need tools to enhance their musicianship within the classroom.

  • $550 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students' love of learning is infectious! They are highly motivated and willing to do what it takes to uphold our program's high standards. They take ownership and have a sense of duty in the classroom, school, community, state, country, and world.

Excited and ready to share their musical gift with the world!

My students are committed to collaborating with others, competing at the highest level, and succeeding among the best. They care about our school's reputation and strive to create a positive culture in today's world.

My Project

Class time is SO important! It is impossible to individually tune each instrument, during a class period. I want to maximize instruction time and provide a deeper curriculum for my students. Adding enough individual class period tuners to my inventory, I can teach the students one of the most important skills as a musician.

If I tune their instrument, they are in tune a day; If I teach them to tune, they are in tune for a lifetime.

As my musicians grow, I need to ensure they have the tools needed for success. Providing individual tuners for class, students are able to properly prepare their instruments for class, participate in ear training exercises, and

Mr. Ward
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
SP-2 Plus Instrument Tuner • Woodwind and Brasswind $19.99 20 $399.80

Materials cost

$399.80

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$31.18

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$466.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.41

Total project goal

$549.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$549.39

9 Donors

-$268.46

Donations toward project cost

-$228.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.27

match offer

-$280.93

Match offer toward project cost

-$238.79

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.14

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$0.00

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Project Activity

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