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Mrs. Dobrich from Depue IL is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Making Writing Fun in Grade One!

Help me give my students a binding machine and coils to turn them into authors!

  • $308 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 teach first grade in a small PreK-12 unit school. Our school is low income, but my determined group of students won't let that stop them. They look forward to the new and exciting materials, technology, and resources at school and I would love to give them more!

My classroom is full of eager to learn students.

They come in each day ready to learn and always brighten my day. I love to see the amazement on their faces when they learn something new. Help us to have the resources and tools we need to do so!

My Project

My students' creativity amazes me each day. They have the best ideas and when we put them together as a class, we can create something really special.

My students tell some of the best stories!

With a binding machine, we can make our stories into books to keep forever. My students love to share their work with others. This would be a great way to allow students to take their work home to show it off to family and friends. I would also like to bind some of their stories to keep in the classroom for us to enjoy all year.

Mrs. Dobrich
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Rayson PD-1503 Coil Binding Machine 4:1 Binder with Electric Coil Inserter • Amazon Business $198.68 1 $198.68
Rayson 7.9mm Spiral Binding Coil 5/16in Black Coil Binding Ring 4:1 Pitch 100/Box SBR-50-100-B • Amazon Business $14.57 2 $29.14

Materials cost

$227.82

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$261.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.10

Total project goal

$307.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$307.34

3 Donors

-$182.34

Donations toward project cost

-$154.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.35

match offer

-$125.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$106.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.75

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$0.00

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