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Mrs. Soper from Mesa, AZ is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Perks of Percussion

Help me give my students upgraded percussion equipment by helping us get cases and beaters.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Soper's classroom raised $532

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My Project

My students need new triangle beaters to help us sound professional and cases for transporting our percussion equipment to keep it in good working order. We have snare drum cases that were inexpensive and they have not held up. The straps are failing and don't securely hold the drums anymore. We have a professional quality snare, but we need a great case to keep it safe. The students have had some close calls on transport days with our professional snare drum nearly getting broken. A better quality cymbal bag will help us transport those items in a much more safe and easy manner. We currently own two cymbal bags that are tearing at the seams. The new triangle implements will allow us to achieve different sounds to adapt to each piece of music. Currently, we have just a low-grade striker that doesn’t make our professional triangle sound very nice. Any help you can give us is appreciated!

Mrs. Soper Stapley Junior High School Grades 6-8 Mesa, AZ View local requests 15 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
SKB iSeries Single Snare Case with Padded Interior (3i-1717-10LT) • Music & Arts $234.99 1 $234.99
Humes & Berg Galaxy Tilt-N-Pull Cymbal Bag with Padded Dividers • Music & Arts $124.99 1 $124.99
Grover Pro SV-TB-SET Triangle Beater Set of 3 • Music & Arts $28.00 1 $28.00

Materials cost

$387.98

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$27.74

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$451.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.68

Total project goal

$531.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$531.22

9 Donors

-$354.15

Donations toward project cost

-$301.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.11

match offer

-$177.07

Match offer toward project cost

-$150.51

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.56

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$0.00

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