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Mrs. Patton from Chicago, IL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Piggy Bank Rewards

Help me give my students counting coin banks so they can learn about saving money.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Patton's classroom raised $167

This project is fully funded

My Project

Our students have started the year off with their best effort- these efforts deserve to be rewarded. The children will be delighted to receive a bank, and will proudly show it off to their families! These banks will help our students build mathematical and financial literacy skills, and the banks will promote family interactions and educational fun at home.

Counting coins is a fun hobby once kids get started.

These digital piggy banks can distinguish coins of all sizes with unique identification technology. Kids will love to see their coins counted in real time on a digital screen.

These piggy banks will help strengthen the computational and mathematical skills of the students who take home a bank. Earning a counting piggy bank for good citizenship will be so much more impactful than earning a piece of candy or a trinket. Thank you for helping get some counting piggy banks into the hands of deserving students.

Mrs. Patton Gillespie Technology Magnet Cluster School 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.

Chicago, IL View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

330 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Large Piggy Bank for Boys Adults, Vcertcpl Digital Coin Counting Bank with LCD Counter, 1.8L Capacity Coin Bank Money Jar for Adults, Designed for All US Coins (Blue) • Amazon Business $9.98 11 $109.78

Materials cost

$109.78

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$141.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.96

Total project goal

$166.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$166.39

1 Donor

-$74.44

Donations toward project cost

-$70.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.72

match offer

-$83.19

Match offer toward project cost

-$70.71

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.48

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.76

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$0.00

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