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Ms. Hotchkin from Seattle, WA is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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My Students Want to Build Health Bars!

Help me give my students the opportunity to build the health bars they designed online.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Hotchkin's classroom raised $258

This project is fully funded

My Project

Year after year, my students say that their favorite unit is the "health bar" unit. Students use a website to design health bars for patients or rescue workers, who have different needs, using different ingredients.

Students want to make their health bar, but my curriculum doesn't give me the materials in order to make that happen.

Students build health bars with dark chocolate chips, puffed wheat, puffed rice, pumpkin seeds, nutritional yeast, raisins, prunes, nonfat milk powder, and soybeans. Students mix their ingredients in a bag and they add some honey to glue the bar together. Its also their opportunity to discover the difference in a taste score of 10 compared to 1. I've gotten feedback from families that their students have requested they get the ingredients so they can continue eating their health bar at home.

Ms. Hotchkin Aki Kurose Middle School Grades 6-8

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.

Seattle, WA View local requests

More than three‑quarters of 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

150 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
POSATE Heavyweight Plastic Spoons, Clear, 100 Count • Amazon Business $13.70 2 $27.40
LILY'S Dark Chocolate Style, Gluten Free No Sugar Added Baking Chips Bags, 9 oz (3 count) • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Arrowhead Mills Puffed Wheat Cereal, 6 oz - Pack of 4 • Amazon Business $18.86 1 $18.86
SANALAC Nonfat Dry Milk, 32 Ounce • Amazon Business $18.03 1 $18.03
Amazon Brand - Happy Belly Clover Honey, 12 Ounce • Amazon Business $3.64 4 $14.56
Harvested For You Sprouted Pumpkin Seeds with Sea Salt 22oz Bag, Non GMO, Keto Snacks, Paleo, Gluten Free, Vegan, Organic, Plant Based, High Protein, Low Glycemic Index, Peanut Free Facility • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Organic Nutritional Yeast Flakes, 10oz | Non-Fortified | High Protein & Vitamin B Complex Source, Vegan Cheese Substitute – Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Non-GMO • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Ziploc Sandwich and Snack Bags for On the Go Freshness, Grip 'n Seal Technology for Easier Grip, Open, and Close, 280 Count • Amazon Business $10.30 1 $10.30
Newman's Own Organics Organic California Raisins, 15 oz • Amazon Business $9.86 1 $9.86
Nature's Path Organic Rice Puffs Cereal, 6 oz • Amazon Business $8.04 1 $8.04
Dried Soybeans (Soynuts) Roasted Unsalted, 14 Oz., Kosher • Amazon Business $6.48 1 $6.48
Sun-Maid California Sun-Dried Whole Pitted Prunes - 16 oz Canister - Dried Plums - Dried Fruit Snack for Lunches, Snacks, and Natural Sweeteners • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59

Materials cost

$171.05

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$14.97

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$218.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$38.57

Total project goal

$257.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$257.16

3 Donors

-$245.40

Donations toward project cost

-$218.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.81

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.76

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$0.00

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