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Mrs. Valeri from Bridgeport CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Let's Pay It Forward

Help me give my students a book that shows them they can change the world, one person at a time.

  • $358 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! 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 Students

I am a teacher in an impoverished area in the inner city. My sixth grade is comprised of 29 amazing students, all of whom get free breakfast and lunch. My students are curious and eager to learn. They are kind and generous to one another. They come from diverse backgrounds and most come from single-parent homes. I want them to foster a love of reading so they can become better readers and writers. Most of the children have a limited home library and few have access to the public library.

My Project

I have used this book in the past and the students really loved it. Unfortunately, over the years the books have gotten worn out and books are missing to complete a class set. I have used this book to teach students empathy and kindness. They actually tried to "Pay It Forward" to members of the class and the students really used their imagination to develop different strategies to help one another. We also had a school-wide initiative to encourage people to pay it forward. This taught the students that doing something nice for one person will encourage others to use kindness instead of negativity in their lives.

Mrs. Valeri
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pay It Forward: Young Readers Edition • Amazon Business $8.99 30 $269.70

Materials cost

$269.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$303.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.60

Total project goal

$357.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $357.35

2 Donors

-$250.00

Donations toward project cost

-$220.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.00

match offer

-$98.53

Match offer toward project cost

-$83.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.78

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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