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Mr. Cross from Detroit MI is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Maximizing Health Awareness Through Music!

My students need a variety of wind instruments as we incorporate health awareness music activities in the classroom.

  • $543 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

The students that I work with are severely emotionally impaired in grades 2nd through 8th who attend a day treatment program in an urban setting. Some of the diagnoses include mental illness, dual-diagnoses cognitively/emotionally impaired and autism. Many of our students come from diverse ethnic backgrounds including African-American, Mexican-American, and Caucasian. Furthermore, many of our students come from pre-dominantly low-income single parent families.

As a board-certified music therapist, I am always looking for alternatives to incorporate health awareness through music activities.

Many of my students have experienced living in poverty and in shelters due to homelessness. I receive a yearly budget of $200 for 70 students. However, I am still required to provide students a therapeutic environment for student growth.

My Project

I am requesting a variety of inexpensive wind instruments that will be used as a tool to incorporate health awareness. As a board-certified music therapist, I am always looking for alternatives to incorporate music activities as a means to decrease students anxiety after they have left home. Playing a wind instrument can offer one such solution.

There are many therapeutic benefits of playing wind instruments that includes relieving stress, improving hand-eye coordination, and developing confidence and calmness under pressure.

Students will also improve their socialization skills by playing with a group, since they will be surrounded by their peers playing a similar instrument.

Along with the therapeutic benefits, I will also be teaching students how to play the wind instruments. As a culminating activity, students will perform at one of our annual programs.

Mr. Cross
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
DooD Student Clarinet • Woodwind and Brasswind $29.99 5 $149.95
Student Instrument • Woodwind and Brasswind $29.95 5 $149.75
TooT Student Flute • Woodwind and Brasswind $24.99 5 $124.95

Materials cost

$424.65

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$461.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.36

Total project goal

$542.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $542.38

12 Donors

-$542.38

Donations toward project cost

-$461.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$81.36

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 $0.00

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