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Ms. Gina James from Chicago IL is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Keeping Up Strength With Footballs

Help me give my students footballs to help keep in shape for the basketball team when it resumes.

  • $573 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

My students are in middle school. I am a special education teacher therefore all of my direct service students are diverse learners, which means they have special needs. My students have significant developmental delays including severe learning disabilities, autism, or other social-emotional difficulties. My students are included in a classroom of their peers with my support. My focus subject is 6-8 grade math, but all subjects are supported as well as life skills being taught. My kids are from the low-income areas. We are an excellent school with wonderful student scholars and very dedicated teachers and staff. As with most schools, our budget is limited.

My students deserve a chance to excel even during remote learning.

My Project

Right now my school district is on full remote learning mode through at least January 2021. My students are trapped at home with no extra-curricular activities.

This leaves my middle school sports players at home with no equipment to keep their skills up to par.

This is why I am requesting a football for every potential player on the basketball team to be able to use at home to practice arm strength outside with close family. This project will bring joy through sports for my students in a very stressful time. Thank you in advance for considering my project.

Ms. Gina James
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wilson NFL Official TDS Football • DICK'S Sporting Goods $17.99 25 $449.75

Materials cost

$449.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$486.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.85

Total project goal

$572.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $572.35

1 Donor

-$190.77

Donations toward project cost

-$162.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.61

match offer

-$381.58

Match offer toward project cost

-$324.34

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.24

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 $0.00

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