You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Menu
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Mrs. Karaffa from Chesterfield MI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mrs. Karaffa is requesting

Playing Dress Up

My students need dress up clothes and an organizer for their pretend play center.

  • $509 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

The students in my classroom are learners with special needs. They qualify to receive special services in a preschool setting in order to help prepare them for their future school career. Many of the students come from a low income background. My students have not had a typical childhood with the challenges they face.

This classroom provides a safe environment for them where they can learn and grow.

Preschool is a place to learn many skills before entering into the big, demanding world of elementary school.

For those with special needs, the day is filled with challenges that exceed the challenges of a typical child. All of the students face developmental delays. This affects their ability to do day-to-day activities that many children their age can do independently.

My Project

My students all need to build their language skills and social-emotional skills. Playing dress up allows kids to build their vocabulary. It helps them problem solve when they have to decide what costumes and props to use. Playing dress up engages a child's brain and memory. It helps them make connections with what they see in real life when they need to imitate.

Students will use the dress up costumes to imagine real-life career roles.

They will pretend to be a mechanic, an astronaut, a construction worker, a chef, or a mail carrier. These costumes will be the perfect addition to our other ones of a police officer and fire fighter. While they dress up, we will be able to build vocabulary skills and social skills.

Kids who role-play are more skilled at judging how others might feel than those whose don't.

Having these materials will help students engage in valuable lessons, all while playing. These materials will help my special needs students take part in typical play that might not otherwise be fostered.

Mrs. Karaffa
Grades PreK-2

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Karaffa is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
QS DRESSUP STORAGE SPACE SAVER 48H • School Specialty $223.97 1 $223.97
Dramatic Play Costumes (Set of 5) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $150.41 1 $150.41

Materials cost

$374.38

Vendor shipping charges

 $22.40

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$432.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.31

Total project goal

$508.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $508.71

5 Donors

-$288.90

Donations toward project cost

-$258.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.75

match offer

-$205.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$174.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.81

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. Karaffa and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Chesterfield","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[3110055],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"MI","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":1,"name":"Early Education"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":3248212,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/playing-dress-up/3248212/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":24,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Karaffa","isEquityFocus":false,"authorIds":{"3110055":{"owner":"Mrs. Karaffa","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[3248212],"proposalHash":"592177627","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3110055_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1489604533049","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":20643887,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["NDQ3NjYyNw==","MzExMDA1NQ==","NTI1MTE0MQ==","NTQzNjE5Mg==","NTQzODAwMA==","Mjk1NDIyNw=="],"teacherId":3110055,"schoolCounty":"Macomb","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"MI","name":"Michigan"}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.