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Mrs. Kolbeck from La Fayette, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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It's Never Too Early to Be Financially Savvy!

Help me give my students Saving and Spending Financial Literacy Kit to help build their financial literacy!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Kolbeck's classroom raised $354

This project is fully funded

My Students

"The number one problem in today's generation and economy is lack of financial literacy." - Alan Greenspan

My students have a great love of learning and exploration of new ideas, and it is never to early to start building your financial literacy!

They come from diverse backgrounds and have many different learning styles, strengths, and needs. They learn best when they are able to explore and create their own learning through engaging experiences. The more excited they become about a project or topic, the more they are able to gain from it.

Our Title I school is located in a rural town and we are a very close-knit community. Many of the families at our school have been in the district for generations.

My Project

As an adult, I know how important financial literacy can be for the success of your future. I fully believe it is never too early to become more financially savvy and the kit I am requesting is a great way to help my 5th graders with that knowledge.

The Saving & Spending Financial Literacy kit is packed with must-have tools for helping kids learn to manage their finances.

We will be using this kit to complete a lesson that emphasizes the difference between trading, bargaining and purchasing. They will also learn to save money and watch the market value of items they need to purchase in order to create the most diverse fruit and vegetable stand or grocery store. Students will only have a set amount of money and certain fruits and vegetables. Students will also be told whether they have a grocery store or a roadside stand, which will impact their ability to barter, trade and sell. Through this lesson, students will understand that purchasing, bartering and trading are used in different situations. We will use all of the materials from the kit for this engaging and real world lesson.

After the lesson, the students will have all of the wonderful materials to continue practicing their financial skills! Thank you for any support you can offer to my students and their future financial success!

Mrs. Kolbeck C Grant Grimshaw School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half of 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

46 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
KT19224DC Saving Spending Financial Literacy Kit Gr 35 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $266.82 1 $266.82

Materials cost

$266.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$300.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.09

Total project goal

$353.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $353.91

4 Donors

-$171.21

Donations toward project cost

-$155.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.93

match offer

-$171.22

Match offer toward project cost

-$145.54

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.68

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.47

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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