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Mrs. Rusk from Saint Louis, MO is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Pretend Play With Dress Up!

Help me give my students a chance to role play and use their imagination!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Rusk's classroom raised $869

This project is fully funded

My Students

I teach a very eager group of diverse students with a number of different races, ethnicities and languages. They are 3, 4 and 5 years old. For many of them, this is their first exposure to a school setting. We are an urban district with very limited funds for materials and supplies. My students deserve quality materials as much as any other students in more affluent districts. They should not have to go without materials we need to help them learn all they can in Prekindergarten.

My Project

Young children love to pretend in their play. It’s how they “try on” different grown up careers, actions, attitudes and language. They can problem solve and work out emotions and issues in their own development as they dress up and pretend play. Dressing up helps kids think about grown ups in their lives as well as their own desires to grow and become someone useful in the world. In my classroom there are no dress up clothes nor a place to store them if I had them!vThis project would enhance our dramatic play area in very significant ways that will help them grow and develop!

Mrs. Rusk Mann Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

Saint Louis, MO View local requests

Nearly all 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

20 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC890X - Lakeshore Career Costume Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $349.00 1 $349.00
WB885 - Space-Saver Dress-Up Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $349.00 1 $349.00

Materials cost

$698.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.47

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$738.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$130.32

Total project goal

$868.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$868.79

7 Donors

-$431.74

Donations toward project cost

-$371.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.26

match offer

-$431.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$366.99

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.76

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.30

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$0.00

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