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Ms. Esmond from Milwaukee WI is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Pay It Forward

Help me give my students yarn, knitting needles, and crochet hooks to pay it forward and develop their character education.

  • $496 goal

This project expired on May 18, 2020.

This project expired on May 18, 2020.

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Almost all of my students come from low-income homes and are struggling readers. Some of my students have come here from other countries and are working on English as their second language. My goal is to find reading materials that match their needs, motivate them, and continue to seek activities that increase kindness to one another and allow them to “pay it forward.”

My class consists of 22 students.

Of those 22, five are English learners, three receive resource services, and one is in speech.

I believe giving them more resources to assist them to do their personal best, will help them increase their reading levels and allow each of them to put their best foot forward to contribute to our classroom community and the world around them.

My Project

The materials will be used to create scarfs and afghans that will be donated to those in need of warmth during the winter. I’m making connections with a rescue mission near us and a veteran’s center, in hopes of donating to them when our projects are completed. As we read the book “Pay It Forward,” my students are working on their reading skills and increasing character education. Our hopes are to help someone to have a better day. We want to crochet and knit items to help keep others warm. We all need a little more kindness in the world and we’d like to pay it forward in this way.

Ms. Esmond
Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
YARN SUPER ASSORTMENT VALUE BOX SET • School Specialty $92.72 3 $278.16
63119-1013 - Knitting Needles - Pkg of 2, 10", Size 13 • Blick Art Materials $4.55 10 $45.50
63119-1105 - Knitting Needles - Pkg of 2, 10", Size 10.5 • Blick Art Materials $3.64 5 $18.20
CROCHET HOOKS SET/6 • School Specialty $2.97 5 $14.85

Materials cost

$356.71

Vendor shipping charges

 $29.30

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$421.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.36

Total project goal

$495.72

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