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Ms. Millard-Smith from Des Moines WA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Organization for the Peace of Mind

Help me give my students bins for organizing their learning materials such as notebooks, headphones, supplies, and library books.

  • 1 donor
  • $413 still needed

expires Aug 15

  • 1 donor
  • $413 still needed
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My Project

A cluttered cubby leads to a clutter mind. Our classroom has built-in cubbies with a small slot for putting materials. However, we do not currently have plastic bins that will fit inside the slots. Instead, I bought 27 plastic book bins from Walmart that sit on a bookshelf and take up A LOT of space.

Please help these students focus on their learning by keeping their cubbies clean and freeing up more space in the classroom.

This project will reach 27 first-grade students at Parkside Elementary. With your generous donation to our project, it will fund the purchase of the plastic bins to help students maintain an organized cubby. Not only will these organizational bins help the students feel like they have their own personal space, it will support them in being responsible for their classroom materials such as notebooks, headphones, crayons, pencils, papers, and library books.

Ms. Millard-Smith
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Neon Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Bright Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $10.99 27 $296.73

Materials cost

$296.73

Vendor shipping charges

 $14.84

Sales tax

 $25.96

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$371.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.64

Total project goal

$437.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $437.62

1 Donor

-$25.00

Donations toward project cost

-$21.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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 $412.62

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