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Mrs. Sestito from Greenville, SC is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Look What's Cookin' in Kindergarten!

Help me give my students a haven for pretend play in our kindergarten classroom.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Sestito's classroom raised $1,296

This project is fully funded

My Project

We all know play is important to child development. Sadly, lots of times, playtime is limited in the modern kindergarten classroom. It takes a back seat to more "academic" tasks. What we need to remember, especially in the wake of a pandemic, is that play for children IS learning! With this kitchen set, we hope to foster the imaginations of our 25 kindergartners. With the chance to play cooperatively with their peers in our new kitchen center, our children will be able to practice those ever-important social and cooperative skills!

Mrs. Sestito Lake Forest Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Greenville, SC View local requests

Nearly all 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

25 students impacted 13donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sense of Place Range and Sink • Kaplan Early Learning Company $549.86 1 $549.86
Sense of Place Refrigerator • Kaplan Early Learning Company $374.36 1 $374.36
101 Piece Play Food Assortment • Kaplan Early Learning Company $40.46 1 $40.46
Pretend and Play Dish Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $22.46 1 $22.46

Materials cost

$987.14

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$69.59

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.81

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,101.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$194.39

Total project goal

$1,295.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,295.93

12 Donors

-$668.56

Donations toward project cost

-$579.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$89.03

match offer

-$614.13

Match offer toward project cost

-$522.01

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$92.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.24

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$0.00

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