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Mr. Ruiz from Houston TX is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Love It and Basketball

Help me give my students an in-ground basketball goal that will not be blown over by the wind.

  • $954 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our students come from a variety of backgrounds. We have a real world mix of students. We have many cultures, races, and socioeconomic statuses of students in our classes.

With such a wide range of student dynamics, we still have a close knit community.

Our students get along well and accept and recognize that we are all different.

We are a Title I school so students need as much help financially as possible. We make sure every students needs are met.

My Project

As the Physical education teacher on campus, I see students using the basketball court every day. I see students playing basketball during recess, PE units, and after school so I know it will be used.

We currently have two portable goals that could fall apart at any moment.

We have a hardtop big enough for an elementary sized basketball court.

I would love for the kids to have a dependable and sturdy goal that will be used all the time. The kids were ecstatic when we put up the portable goals and I know they will even more excited when they see the new in ground goal.

Mr. Ruiz
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Goaliath 60 In-Ground Basketball Hoop with Yard Defender • DICK'S Sporting Goods $699.98 1 $699.98

Materials cost

$699.98

Vendor shipping charges

$70.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$810.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$143.03

Total project goal

$953.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$953.51

18 Donors

-$606.74

Donations toward project cost

-$517.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$89.51

match offer

-$345.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$293.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.77

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$0.00

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Project Activity

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