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Mrs. Bufton from Portland OR is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

LEGOs and Snacks Keep Home-Learning Fun!

Help me give my students LEGO sets for home use to keep the learning going!

  • $855 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My second-grade students are, on average, 84 months old! When you consider that for approximately 1/3 of that time they were only babies, it seems incredible to hear that they are almost too late for early academic interventions, but they are!

Early intervention in reading, writing, and mathematics is crucial for children suffering from the effects of economic disadvantage and/or traumatic childhood events which is the case for many of my students.

Our district is in a high poverty area and almost all of my students qualify for federal lunch program funding.

At the beginning of the school year reading assessments, 2/3 of my class scored in the non-reader range! It is critical that they receive no intervention now so they may quickly acquire the building block reading skills that are the foundation for future content knowledge acquisition.

My Project

This project is designed to get LEGO sets into my 2nd graders' homes and hands. I can make copies of the build directions and my students can continue their favorite learning activity at home. I know that giving them educational tasks they love will get them going and help support everything they have worked so hard to learn this year. I can’t believe I may not get to see my class together again this year. My heart is breaking and I am so worried for my kids, many of whom live in difficult economic circumstances that will endanger their ability to stay housed during this health crisis.

Mrs. Bufton
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Creative LEGO¬® Brick Set • LEGO Education $69.95 4 $279.80
Creative LEGO¬® DUPLO¬® Brick Set • LEGO Education $69.95 4 $279.80
Sensible Portions Garden Veggie Straws Chips, Variety, 1 Oz., 30/Carton (220-00413) • Staples Advantage $43.69 1 $43.69
Slim Jim Beef and Cheese, 1.5 oz, 18 Count • Staples Advantage $35.35 1 $35.35
Annie's Organic Bunny Snacks Variety pack, 1 oz., 36 Count (57225) • Staples Advantage $26.25 1 $26.25
Lance Cookies, Variety, 24/Box (40625) • Staples Advantage $21.49 1 $21.49

Materials cost

$686.38

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$726.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$128.24

Total project goal

$854.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$854.92

2 Donors

-$854.92

Donations toward project cost

-$726.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$128.24

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$0.00

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