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Mrs. Manata from Chicago, IL is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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No Paints? How Can That Be?

Help me give my students watercolor paints so that they have basic supplies.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Manata's classroom raised $194

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My Students

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The students I teach are so excited to experience the process of making and creating art that they hardly notice they are becoming artists themselves. They are excited to learn new skills and experience materials that are new to them.

My Project

Can you remember the excitement when the art teacher would take out the watercolor paints in the art room? Because of the pandemic, there was a shortage of watercolor paints. Now when we come back to school. there will be no watercolor paints in my classroom at all! How can this be? My students will not be able to experience the joy of learning how to use watercolor paints in their artwork! I can’t imagine an entire school year without watercolor paints! Please help my students experience the joy and wonder of using watercolor paints in the classroom!

Mrs. Manata Prescott Elementary School Grades 3-5 Chicago, IL View local requests

More than a third 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

400 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
00309-1036 - Crayola Educational Watercolor Pans - Oval, Set of 36, Pans • Blick Art Materials $132.22 1 $132.22

Materials cost

$132.22

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$164.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.98

Total project goal

$193.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$193.18

1 Donor

-$128.79

Donations toward project cost

-$109.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.32

match offer

-$64.39

Match offer toward project cost

-$54.73

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.66

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$0.00

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