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Ms. Schimke from Phoenix, AZ is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning About Family Life

Help me give my students opportunities to explore family and home life through play.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Schimke's classroom raised $321

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

My students have very big feelings and emotions that stem from the world they live in and observe everyday. Young children love to pretend as they explore things that happen in and around their own families.

The addition of baby dolls, baby clothes, blankets, feeding items, and sleeping space to our classroom dramatic play area, will help my students set the stage for their own research and exploration of family life from their point of view.

By enlarging the possibilities and space in our dramatic play area, my students will be able to set up their own play as they work out their own ideas and feelings about family life.

Ms. Schimke Indian Bend Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Phoenix, AZ View local requests

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

15 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
NEW Lakeshore All-Occasion Clothes for 14" Baby Dolls • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
Lakeshore Baby Doll Blankets & Bottles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Soft & Washable Doll Bassinet • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Lakeshore Baby Doll Feeding Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $27.99 1 $27.99
Feels Real African American Baby Doll • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
Feels Real Caucasian Baby Doll • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
Feels Real Hispanic Baby Doll • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99

Materials cost

$222.93

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$15.94

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$272.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.04

Total project goal

$320.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$320.25

3 Donors

-$230.51

Donations toward project cost

-$201.98

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.53

match offer

-$82.62

Match offer toward project cost

-$70.23

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.39

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.11

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$0.00

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