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Mr. Phillips from Memphis TN is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Protect the Joints!

Help me give my students knee pads to help protect them on the football field.

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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 Project

Football season is fast approaching, and I am doing my best to get all the required items to be eligible for our upcoming football season. I am asking for help obtaining knee pads for safety, as well as another game football for my students can have to practice with.

My school does not have the budget to make purchases like this for the student-athletes and leaves it solely on the coaching staff to produce everything year in and year out, and we do our very best with what we can provide.

Our students mostly come from low-income homes which makes it hard to make purchases outside the bare necessities. With your help, this season will be less stressful for our students and coaching staff. Thanks

Mr. Phillips
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Champro Varsity Low Rise Knee Pad (White, Adult) • Amazon Business $12.49 30 $374.70
Wilson GST NFHS Leather Football, Regulation Size 9 - Middle-High School - Adult • School Specialty $138.97 1 $138.97

Materials cost

$513.67

Vendor shipping charges

 $13.90

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$565.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.76

Total project goal

$665.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $665.04

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 $665.04

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