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Mrs. Riederer from Springfield IL is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

It's Story Time on the Rug

My students need a cozy rug to sit on in the library for story time or silent reading instead of a cold tile floor.

  • $700 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 Students

Have you ever heard a good story read? Story time in the school library is just that the opportunity to hear a good story read or to hear a story teller but we don't have a story area in our library where we can sit close and listen. Please help us get an area rug to sit on during story time.

We are a K-5 urban school.

Ninety nine percent of our students live in poverty and their parents cannot afford to buy them books. The local branches of the public library have been closed and their parents do not take them to the one remaining library downtown. The school library is the last place our students can come for story time or to find a book to sit and read.

My Project

This colorful area rug was designed specifically for library reading or seating areas. It seats up to 30 while providing children with plenty of elbow room. Each square on the carpet pictures a book and gives each child their own place to sit and enjoy story time. Our school library is not carpeted and we need a cozy area to share stories.

Experiencing a good story told or read.

A special place to cozy up and read. Please help our students have this small place of their own in our library. It will brighten our school library and the lives our our students.

Mrs. Riederer
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Reading By the Book Children's Reading Carpet • The Library Store $509.95 1 $509.95

Materials cost

$509.95

Vendor shipping charges

 $46.95

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$594.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$104.92

Total project goal

$699.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $699.47

4 Donors

-$347.97

Donations toward project cost

-$297.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.70

match offer

-$349.74

Match offer toward project cost

-$297.28

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.46

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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 $0.00

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