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Mr. Spindler from Williamstown WV is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

PUG MILL, Not a Puppy Mill.

Help me give my students a Shimpo Pug Mill so they enough clay to work with.

  • $3,700 goal

This project expired on May 14, 2020.

This project expired on May 14, 2020.

My Students

I teach in a Public high school. I teach art to appoximately 200 students. I teach two ceramics classes. The kids truly love ceramics. We make quite a few very nice practical projects a year, this is the reason for me writing today.

Classes are dire in need of a pug mill.

Ceramic classes are rather large and it is sometimes hard to get enough public funding for materials. At present, we order 50lbs bags of clay. We end up with a lot of wasted clay that could be reconstituted, saving us money. We would all appreciate any donations possible. Thank you form us all... Mr. S's Art Classes

My Project

We need to reconstitute our wasted clay. Funding is always a issue for us. We will have more clay at our disposal to make projects throughout the year. We make ooma bowls, ocarinas, drape bowls, slab boxes etc, the list is long.

A pug mill will help us very much!

At this point we buy 50lbs bags and we end up with some waste. With a pug mill we can make our clay go a little farther on a very tight budget. At some point we would like to add a mixer to the program. These two additions to the art department would reall save us a lot of money. Thanks again!

Mr. Spindler
Never Before Funded Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
32943-0000 - Shimpo Pug Mill • Blick Art Materials $2,945.56 1 $2,945.56

Materials cost

$2,945.56

Vendor shipping charges

 $125.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$44.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$3,144.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$554.95

Total project goal

$3,699.69

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