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Ms. McCusker from Bayside NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Racing Singlets for our Public Middle School Track Team

Help me give my students racing singlets they can proudly wear at RNYRR Events.

  • $1,940 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Welcome to our school! We are a small Public School in Queens that draws in students from all over District 25. Despite the kids living neighborhoods apart from each other, our school community feels more like a family than an institution.

One of the places you will see this caring dynamic is on our Track Team.

Now in its fifth year, 1 out of 6 kids in the school are on the team. On Monday mornings, kids wake up extra early to take the MTA bus into school for 7am practice. On Wednesday afternoons, we practice our endurance by running around the block. Our Principal, Assistant Principal, and even parents join us as we make the .6 mile loop.

I'm so happy and proud at the success of our co-ed program! Not only does it foster healthy competition, it also provides our girls with equal access to a sport (something near and dear to my heart).

My Project

The kids have been running in their cotton gym uniforms... and while that is fine, I want to make their Middle School Track team years significant by giving them real uniforms to rock while they run one of the many RNYRR events such as the 5k XC course in Van Cortland Park, the last .25 miles of the NYC Marathon, or the hills of Prospect Park.

Through Dick's Sporting Goods, I'm hoping to order them racing singlets.

The singlets are from Nike and Under Armour and sales on both the Men's and Women's styles are helping me offer the kids quality gear for what other sites charge for cotton tees.

If you can, please donate. Our track team will be forever grateful! Grateful and looking awesome.

Ms. McCusker
Grades 6-8
  • Bell Academy
  • Bayside, NY
    • Half of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 80 students.

    24 donors have given to this project.

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Under Armour Men''s UA Tech Tank Top (L) • DICK'S Sporting Goods $18.97 15 $284.55
Under Armour Men''s UA Tech Tank Top (S) • DICK'S Sporting Goods $18.97 15 $284.55
Nike Women''s Americana Running Tank Top (XS) • DICK'S Sporting Goods $15.97 15 $239.55
Under Armour Men''s UA Tech Tank Top (M) • DICK'S Sporting Goods $18.97 12 $227.64
Nike Women''s Americana Running Tank Top (S) • DICK'S Sporting Goods $15.97 10 $159.70
Nike Women''s Americana Running Tank Top (M) • DICK'S Sporting Goods $15.97 10 $159.70
Nike Women''s Americana Running Tank Top (L) • DICK'S Sporting Goods $15.97 6 $95.82

Materials cost

$1,451.51

Vendor shipping charges

 $145.15

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$21.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,648.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$290.90

Total project goal

$1,939.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,939.33

17 Donors

-$954.22

Donations toward project cost

-$837.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$116.88

match offer

-$954.22

Match offer toward project cost

-$811.09

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$143.13

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$30.89

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