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Mrs. Kiritsy from Worcester MA is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Must Eat!

Help me give my students the foods they need in their homes to not be hungry.

  • $452 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students walk into our classroom every day full of life, ready to learn, and excited for what is in store for them that day. I ask them, "Who is the best class in the whole world?" and they reply, "We are!" I want them to know I believe in them and they can do anything.

I teach at an inner city school where 100 percent of our students qualify for free breakfast and lunch.

Many of my students receive backpack food on the weekend from the food pantry that I run in our school for our families. Despite so many hardships, my students are eager to learn and do their best. They want to be in school because they want to learn all they can so they can be successful one day.

My Project

These foods will help me fill backpacks that I send home to the children’s homes on the weekends. These children do not have enough food in their homes to make it through the weekends. For most of these children they only get the two meals that they get at school during the day. Help me help them please. Hunger lives closer than you think and no child should ever know hunger in our country. Please do not let them feel the hunger in their bellies because there isn’t food in their homes. Your kindness can go a long way!

Mrs. Kiritsy
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Nature Valley Bars, Variety, 1.5 oz., 49 Packs/Box (44136) • Quill.com $22.94 2 $45.88
Austin Cookies & Crackers, Variety, 1.52 oz., 45/Carton (KEE48570) • Quill.com $14.44 3 $43.32
Break Box Pros Healthy Snack Mix, Assorted, 23/Pack (700-00001) • Quill.com $37.39 1 $37.39
Austin Zoo Animal Crackers, Original, 2 oz., 36/Carton (10022) • Quill.com $17.84 2 $35.68
Slim Jim Meat Sticks, Original, 0.28 Oz., 100/Box (220-00065) • Quill.com $32.29 1 $32.29
popchips Chips, Variety, 0.8 Oz., 30/Carton (SMC94002) • Quill.com $28.89 1 $28.89
Campbells Microwaveable Soup at Hand, Chicken with Mini Noodles, 10.75 oz. Cans, 8 Cans/Box • Quill.com $28.04 1 $28.04
Campbells Microwaveable Soup at Hand, Classic Tomato, 10.75 oz. Cans, 8 Cans/Box • Quill.com $28.04 1 $28.04
Jack Link's Beef Jerky, Variety, 1.25 Oz., 9/Carton (220-00411) • Quill.com $26.34 1 $26.34
Lipton Noodle Soup Mix, 2 Pouch Box, 5 Pack (00410) • Quill.com $23.79 1 $23.79
KIND Bar, Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt, 1.4 Oz., 12/Box (PHW25795) • Quill.com $18.69 1 $18.69

Materials cost

$348.35

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$383.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.69

Total project goal

$451.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$451.27

9 Donors

-$370.79

Donations toward project cost

-$324.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.50

Matching donations from our partners

-$69.75

Match offers toward project cost

-$59.29

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.46

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.73

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$0.00

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