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Coach Young from Greensboro, NC is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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March Madness, Basketballs for the WIN!

Help me give my students basketballs, so they can build life and fitness skills.

FULLY FUNDED! Coach Young's classroom raised $287

This project is fully funded

My Project

March is the month of Basketball, please help our students that live in underserved communities. These students often do not have adequate access or no access to required life resources and equitable academic opportunities. You may ask, why basketball? It is popular, and fun, builds muscular endurance, improves balance and coordination, helps develop concentration and self-discipline, promotes teamwork, and builds stamina.

The goals for this project:

*Are to get basketballs in the hands of all students, so that they can begin to build fundamental fitness skills

*Oftentimes intermediate students fall into two basketball-knowledge categories: they believe they know it all or they believe they can’t learn. Both of these mindsets can impede learning and student growth. I want to help students revise this knowledge with examples of talented athletes who have continually worked hard to become skilled basketball players. We will learn how to set realistic goals, work hard toward them, and celebrate success.

*Academics can also be integrated into P.E, lessons using March Madness to implement reading and math skills.

These basketballs will make a difference for students. Please level the playing field and help us get these in the hands of students. We will greatly appreciate it.

Coach Young Brightwood Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Greensboro, NC 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
FlagHouse Active Series Rubber Basketball, Size 7, Set of 24 - Rubber/Polyester/Nylon • School Specialty $179.02 1 $179.02

Materials cost

$179.02

Vendor shipping charges

 $17.90

Sales tax

 $13.96

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$243.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.98

Total project goal

$286.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $286.55

3 Donors

-$245.82

Donations toward project cost

-$243.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$40.73

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