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Mrs. P. from Newport News VA is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Popping Our Way to Sweet Success!!

Help me give my students a popcorn and cotton machine for our school to use as a fundraiser to help raise money to take fieldtrips!

  • $348 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

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

My students are so excited about learning. They are so energetic and curious just about everything. Every day is like an adventure in our classroom. I teach at a Title I school where the students receive 100% free breakfast and lunch.

I have students who learn best when they are actively involved as they play, explore, experiment, discover, and create.

I actively engage my students thinking processes and encourage them to use their questioning, investigating, and problem-solving skills to help them learn.

My Project

Field trips can provide learning opportunities and hands-on experiences outside the classroom. They can also increase students knowledge, cultures and build cognitive, social and emotional structures that can help our students with cultural diversity and supporting their desires to consume information from their surroundings.

We are limited to only one funded field trip per school year based on the lack of funding.

If we want to go on more then one field trip, then the cost would fall on the school, teachers and/or parents to pay for the buses and the cost of admissions for the students, teachers and any other chaperones. So, getting a popcorn and cotton candy machine would be a great way to raise funds to help pay for the buses and admission for all! Can you imagine the excitement the students will feel, when getting on a bus to go on a field trip! They can see that learning is even more fun when they venture outside the classrooms and get to explore and ask questions in their community.

Mrs. P.
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hot and Fresh Countertop Style Popcorn Popper Machine-Makes Approx. 3 Gallons Per Batch- by Superior Popcorn Company- (8 oz., Black) • Amazon Business $159.99 1 $159.99
4108 Great Northern Popcorn Premium 8 Ounce Popcorn Portion Packs, Case of 40 • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
2 oz. Jumbo Popcorn Bag, Burst Design, 1000 per Case • Amazon Business $33.99 1 $33.99
Benchmark 42030 Aluminum Speed Scoop • Amazon Business $15.00 1 $15.00
Gold Medal Prod. 2045 Flavacol Seasoning Popcorn Salt 35oz. • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Winware Stainless Steel Dredges 10-Ounce with Handle • Amazon Business $4.54 1 $4.54

Materials cost

$261.46

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$295.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.13

Total project goal

$347.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$347.51

2 Donors

-$174.00

Donations toward project cost

-$147.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.10

match offer

-$173.51

Match offer toward project cost

-$147.48

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.03

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$0.00

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