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Ms. Saracino from Brooklyn, NY is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Improve attendance routines while supporting students in temporary housing.

Help me give my students in temporary housing gift cards to support basic needs

  • $549 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

As a school counselor and attendance committee chairperson, I am always looking for ways to help my students succeed. After the pandemic and with the "tripledemic" that we experienced this school year, we have noticed that attendance rates are down. Research indicates that regular school attendance is essential for students' success as well as social and emotional well-being.

I would like to use gift cards as incentives for students in temporary housing to improve their attendance with the expectation that when they feel the success that they will have after regularly attending school these habits will translate into other aspects of their lives.

The gift cards will serve two purposes. One is the be a PBIS reward for attendance improvement, second is that they will be a targeted group of students in temporary housing that can use the cards to fill daily needs.

Ms. Saracino PS 276 Louis Marshall Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Saracino

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

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

200 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Amazon.com Gift Card in a Mini Envelope (Navy and Gold) • Amazon Business $25.00 10 $250.00
Amazon.com Gift Card in a Mini Envelope (Navy and Gold) • Amazon Business $10.00 10 $100.00
Starbucks Gift Cards, Multipack of 4 - $10 • Amazon Business $40.00 2 $80.00

Materials cost

$430.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$466.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.31

Total project goal

$548.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$548.76

4 Donors

-$256.30

Donations toward project cost

-$248.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.69

Matching donations from our partners

-$256.28

Match offers toward project cost

-$217.84

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.44

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$36.18

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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