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Ms. Kantolak from Sanford ME is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mid Year Supplies Needed Please

My students need a Bostitch heavy duty pencil sharpener and Ticonderoga #2 pencils.

  • $425 goal

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My Students

My students are third graders who live and go to school in a high poverty district.

Budgets are very tight and money for extra supplies is not available.

We frequently start running low on basic supplies this time of year and if something breaks it is very difficult to replace.

I would like to be able to keep basic supplies available for my students so their learning goes on uninterrupted. Please don't let frozen budgets get in the way of productive learning time.

My Project

My students are very busy working hard to learn third grade standards. We go through a lot of pencils and our pencil sharpener has given out. We are in need of these supplies in order to keep working.

Your donation of a heavy duty pencil sharpener and a supply of pencils will allow me to provide my students with the basic supplies they need to complete the important work they have left to do.

Please help me help my students. Lack of basic supplies is not a worry my students need, I want them to stay focused on doing the best work they can. Thank your for your attention to our plight.

Ms. Kantolak
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
SuperPro Glow Commercial Electric Pencil Sharpener, Black/Silver • Staples Advantage $223.17 1 $223.17
Dixon Ticonderoga Woodcase Pencils, #2 Soft, Yellow Barrel, 24/Pack • Staples Advantage $7.29 10 $72.90
Stanley Bostitch Replacement Cutter Cartridge For SuperPro Glow Commercial Pencil Sharpener • Staples Advantage $14.49 1 $14.49

Materials cost

$310.56

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $15.53

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$360.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.66

Total project goal

$424.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $424.41

1 Donor

-$424.41

Donations toward project cost

-$360.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.66

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 $0.00

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