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Mrs. Birr from Muskegon Heights, MI is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Paint Cups

My students need paint cups to use during our hands on social studies activities. We do a lot of painting and these cups would help with keeping paint from being wasted.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Birr's classroom raised $202

This project is fully funded

My Students

Help us save resources with these spill proof and resealable paint cups.

My school is an inner city, urban school in a community surrounded by violence.

My students have gone through many traumatizing events that most adults with never experience, or think about experiencing. My students are learning more than academics while in my classroom. They are learning that they are valued, respected and loved - many things they aren't taught elsewhere.

My Project

These resources will help us save resources and have less waste and therefore allow us to do more painting activities that we do for many of our social studies activities. Using paint as often as we do, having a quicker way to get the materials out to students and having less get spilled on the floor and other students work will allow for these activities to be smoother in our classroom!

My students and I would really appreciate this donation.

I want my students to see that people do care about them and they are given extraordinary opportunities to succeed! Thank you!

Mrs. Birr Edgewood Elementary Academy Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Muskegon Heights, MI View local requests

Nearly all 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

22 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LA822 - Paint Cup Carrier • Lakeshore Learning $12.99 5 $64.95
LA819 - Lakeshore No-Spill Clear Paint Cup • Lakeshore Learning $1.49 50 $74.50

Materials cost

$139.45

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$171.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.27

Total project goal

$201.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$201.81

1 Donor

-$201.81

Donations toward project cost

-$171.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.27

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$0.00

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