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Ms. Velez from Waterbury, CT is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Megaphone for Mega Change

Help me give my students mega horn and trash grabbers for our campus wide cleanups!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Velez's classroom raised $174

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 Project

The Earth Day Club at our school regularly engages our entire campus in campus wide cleanup events.

The megaphones and trash grabbers will be used for these cleanup events where students are educated on the environment and their role in preserving our planet and its resources.

Students spread out across campus and collect trash while other students weigh and measure all the collected material. When we have our school wide cleanups, students are spread out around campus and it can be difficult to communicate with each group. The megaphones from this project will allow group leaders to communicate with groups across campus. Additionally, students are supplied with gloves and sometimes trash grabbers to support their collection. The trash grabbers from this project will help the supply we have to distribute to students to use during cleanup.

Ms. Velez Crosby High School Grades 9-12

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.

Waterbury, CT 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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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pyle Megaphone Speaker PA Bullhorn Built-in Siren - Adjustable Volume Control & 1200Yard Range - for Football, Soccer, Baseball, Hockey & Basketball Cheerleading Fans & Coaches or for Safety Drills • Amazon Business $42.99 2 $85.98
43" Extra Long Grabber Tool, Foldable Grabbers for Elderly Grab It Reaching Tool with Rotating Jaw +Magnets, 4" Wide Claw Opening Reacher Grabber Pickup Tool, Grabber Reacher Tool Heavy Duty • Amazon Business $9.99 3 $29.97

Materials cost

$115.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$147.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.06

Total project goal

$173.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$173.75

5 Donors

-$86.34

Donations toward project cost

-$74.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.05

Matching donations from our partners

-$86.35

Match offers toward project cost

-$73.40

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.95

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.06

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$0.00

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