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Mrs. Hutzel from Milford OH is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Little Drummers Need Little Drums!

My students need these drums because they are easy hold. My littlest learners struggle to hold standard hand drums, so these will be a great instrument for my 120 students in Kindergarten and 1st Grade.

  • $415 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

The music room at our school is always buzzing with activity. I have about 400 little musicians in grades K-6 who love to listen to music, sing, dance, and play instruments. We see each other only once or twice a week, so we want to make every minute count!

Our school is a Title I elementary building.

I work with GREAT kids and AMAZING colleagues. Our kids are eager to learn and are always looking to impress. We are a National Blue Ribbon School and a Title I School of Distinction. Our school is in a suburban setting, in a district with 6 elementary schools. My building has the highest poverty rate in the district (near 50%), but also consistently gets the highest test scores.

My Project

I teach over 400 student musicians in a K-6 elementary school. I am so fortunate to have a wide variety of instruments available, but many of them are too cumbersome for my littlest musicians.

My youngest students in kindergarten and first grade need drums that they can hold AND play with ease.

The standard hand drums that we have are difficult for their little hands, and they focus more on holding the instrument than on playing the instrument. These Lollipop Drums will remove that barrier and allow my youngest and smallest musicians to play their instruments just as easily as their older brothers and sisters can.

Mrs. Hutzel
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lollipop Drum • Woodwind and Brasswind $9.93 32 $317.76

Materials cost

$317.76

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$352.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.21

Total project goal

$414.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$414.74

5 Donors

-$414.74

Donations toward project cost

-$352.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.21

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$0.00

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