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Ms. Merino-López from Northridge, CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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No Mess On My Desk!

Help me give my students desk organizers for crayons and pencils to learn better!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Merino-López's classroom raised $215

This project is fully funded

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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

Help me keep students pencils, crayons, and scissors, neat and clean to better learn and stay on task. I work as a resource teacher with K-5th graders in small groups and need a place to hold materials. Currently I have pencils and such in individual plastic cups, I would like to easily grab one caddy that has it all! The rotating caddies are cute and efficient. They can stay at each kidney table for easy access and be ready to use. The rainbow caddy adds fun and cleanliness to the main kidney table as well, to organize markers, erasers and so forth! All of these organizers will help when running groups and allow things to run more smoothly and maintain all in one place for easier pick up and transitions for the students!

Ms. Merino-López Calahan Community Charter School Grades PreK-2

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.

Northridge, CA View local requests

More than half 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

30 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Neon Store-It-All Rotating Caddy - Bright Purple • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 2 $59.98
Lakeshore Neon Store-It-All Rotating Caddy - Bright Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Lakeshore Neon Store-It-All Rotating Caddy - Bright Pink • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Lakeshore Color Me Creative! Supply Caddy • Lakeshore Learning Materials $17.59 1 $17.59

Materials cost

$137.55

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$12.59

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.06

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$182.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.15

Total project goal

$214.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$214.35

2 Donors

-$214.35

Donations toward project cost

-$182.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.15

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$0.00

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