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Mrs. Deshpande from San Jose, CA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Get Creative!

Help me give my students paint sticks, paint pens, liquid water colors, and air drying clay to bring out their creative side!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Deshpande's classroom raised $213

This project is fully funded

My Project

My students will be coming to school this August. For many, it will be their first experience in a classroom setting. I want my students to learn and have fun doing that. I want to bring out their creative side and we will need a few items to do that.

I would like give my students the opportunity to paint more; for that we will use paint markers and paint sticks.

Painting is so fun but requires much prep because it can be so messy. Painting will be so much easier to do with these markers and sticks. Painting can be an everyday experience with these tools as it will take all the mess away while keeping all of the fun!

We would really like liquid water colors. Using water colors is also super fun but my students last year had a hard time keeping the colors clean. They kept mixing up the colors to the point where we had to throw them away. Having the liquid water colors will make painting with water colors that much easier so we can do it much more often.

The last item that I am asking for is air drying clay. I would love to do some clay projects with my students but the clay that I had was so hard and almost impossible for their little hands to manipulate.

Doing art will add so much fun and excitement to our classroom. Will you help bring all of these enjoyable experiences to my students? Thank you so much!

Mrs. Deshpande Ben Painter Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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

20 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kwik Stix Tempera Paint - Set of 72, Class Pack, Neon Color • Blick Art Materials $61.18 1 $61.18
Blick Liquid Watercolors - Set of 10, Assorted Colors, 8 oz bottles • Blick Art Materials $36.67 1 $36.67
JR.WHITE 36 Pack Acrylic Paint Marker Pens for Rock Painting, Wood, Canvas, Ceramic, Glass, Fabric,Arts Crafts Supplies for Adults Kids-Fine Tip & Medium Tip • Amazon Business $23.99 1 $23.99
Crayola Air-Dry Clay, 5 lb. Tub, Terra Cotta (BIN572004) • Quill.com $13.94 1 $13.94

Materials cost

$135.78

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$12.42

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$180.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.81

Total project goal

$212.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$212.05

1 Donor

-$106.02

Donations toward project cost

-$90.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.90

match offer

-$106.02

Match offer toward project cost

-$90.12

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.90

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$0.00

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