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Ms. Perkins from Montgomery AL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading For Fun

Help me give my students books! I have been building a small collection for two years. Some of the books have gone away with students who have graduated.

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expires Aug 22

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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 Project

I love my students because they’re so resilient. It’s not easy to matriculate through Montgomery Public Schools. A lot of our students are here for a second chance. Or, they’re here because they understand the value of an education and having a trade. Our campus prepares them for their careers but also the other components of living independently. I also want to foster self care and leisurely activities that contribute to their mental health, in a good way! I have a small collection of books in my office, that have been donated. I’m so appreciative of the fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and photography books I’ve received. I’ve had a few books leave campus, as my students graduate and leave. Please help me replenish my shelves!

Ms. Perkins will only receive her materials if this project is fully funded by August 22.

Ms. Perkins
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Goodnight Dorm Room: All the Advice I Wish I Got Before Going to College • Amazon Business $10.39 4 $41.56
Insightful: Life advice for young adults to succeed • Amazon Business $9.99 4 $39.96
An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States for Young People (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Mataluna: 151 Afghan Pashto Proverbs • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
They Called Us Enemy (paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Concrete Rose (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.99 1 $17.99
A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
The Gilded Ones (Deathless #1) (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow (hardcover) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Homegoing (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $15.26 1 $15.26
To Name the Bigger Lie: A Memoir in Two Stories • Amazon Business $15.21 1 $15.21
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $14.40 1 $14.40
Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $14.40 1 $14.40
Tokyo Ever After: A Novel (paperback) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Dear Martin (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $11.69 1 $11.69
Caste (Adapted for Young Adults) (YA paperback) • MahoganyBooks $11.69 1 $11.69
Woke Up Like This: A Novel • Amazon Business $11.62 1 $11.62
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (YA paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Adulting for Beginners - Life Skills for Adult Children, Teens, High School and College Students | The Grown-up's Survival Gift (Life Skills & Survival Guides) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
A Song Below Water (Volume 1) (YA paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
This Book Is Anti-Racist Journal: Over 50 Activities to Help You Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work (Empower the Future - paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Peyton Manning: The Inspiring Story of One of Football's Greatest Quarterbacks (Football Biography Books) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Pet (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $8.99 1 $8.99
Moxie • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79

Materials cost

$396.67

Vendor shipping charges

 $17.86

Sales tax

 $32.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$482.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.20

Total project goal

$568.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $568.01

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 $568.01

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