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Ms. Britton from Joplin MO is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Instruments Are Fun!

My students need bongos, djembes, ratchets, sandblocks and more instruments to have fun with music!

  • $515 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students want to be able to EXPERIENCE music in our classroom, not just hear it!

My students are beyond amazing!

I teach at two impoverished elementary schools that lost everything in a tornado. Many of my students have lost their homes and have been thrown out of their state of normalcy. I want my students to come back to school and be excited to be able to experience our music class even better than before!

My Project

I am requesting simple classroom instruments so that I can teach my kids how to have fun with music! Playing instruments helps them to learn motation, teamwork and practice skills, all while having fun. They love playing instruments, and I love that they're learning while doing it!

This project is important because my kids have been through an amazing disaster this summer and I want them to be able to come to class and escape from everything that is going on outside these doors!

Ms. Britton
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ratchet • Woodwind & Brasswind $26.99 1 $26.99
Sandblock Pair • Woodwind & Brasswind $6.59 22 $144.98
Kid's Percussion Rain Forest Djembe • Woodwind & Brasswind $52.00 2 $104.00
Kid s Percussion Rain Forest Floor Tom • Woodwind & Brasswind $29.00 2 $58.00
Kid s Percussion Rain Forest Bongos • Woodwind & Brasswind $31.00 2 $62.00

Materials cost

$395.97

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$436.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.10

Total project goal

$514.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $514.01

6 Donors

-$510.48

Donations toward project cost

-$436.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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 $0.00

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