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Ms. Caravella from Wethersfield CT is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mallets for Musicians!

Help me give my students mallets and sticks for their pitched percussion instruments!

  • 4 donors
  • $407 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Project

Our band currently has 43 percussionists. We work hard to make sure there is in instrument in every single musicians hands - but inventory is limited and run down.

One item we are especially low on is yarn mallets which is what is used to play instruments such as marimba and xylophone.

These mallets will help make sure students have more access to instruments, more playing time and give me the ability to assign more students on pitched percussion which will help the overall band.

I requested several different brands of mallets so we can experiment with sound and quality.

Ms. Caravella
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Suzuki Yarn-covered Mallet for Alto Xylophone or Metallophone • Music & Arts $15.99 5 $79.95
1Pair Marimba Mallets, Yarn Mallets Percussion, Timpani Mallets, Percussion Mallets Yarn Head Keyboard with Fiberglass Handles Percussion Mallets Set Musical Instruments Accessory for Beginners • Amazon Business $13.14 6 $78.84
Yamaha Yarn Mallets Hard • Music & Arts $27.99 1 $27.99
Yamaha Yarn Mallets Medium Soft • Music & Arts $26.99 1 $26.99
Yamaha Yarn Mallets Medium Hard • Music & Arts $25.99 1 $25.99
Salyers Percussion Etude Series Yarn Keyboard Mallets Medium • Music & Arts $24.99 1 $24.99
Salyers Percussion Etude Series Yarn Keyboard Mallets Hard • Music & Arts $24.99 1 $24.99
Vankcp 2 Pair Marimba Mallets Medium Blue Hard Yarn Head Keyboard Marimba Mallets for Percussion Marimba Playing Glockenspiel Marimba (Style 2) • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99

Materials cost

$310.73

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$345.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.95

Total project goal

$406.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $406.34

2 Donors

-$215.67

Donations toward project cost

-$208.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Matching donations from our partners

-$161.44

Match offers toward project cost

-$137.22

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.22

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$29.24

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 $0.00

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