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Mrs. Bethel from Columbia SC is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading is the BEST!

Help me give my students a classroom library that they will love and thoroughly enjoy!

  • 1 donor
  • $579 still needed

expires Sep 06

  • 1 donor
  • $579 still needed
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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

As an educator I believe in providing my students books that will peak their interest and increase their love for reading! These new books will be used to do just that!

Read can be empowering and can teach children a plethora of things.

I want my students to be able to learn about themselves and others through what they read. I also want them to use these classroom books as a chance to strengthen and develop their reading skills. I want my students to be confident readers and to love the books they read. Reading truly is fundamental!

Mrs. Bethel
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Scholastic First Little Readers, Level B - Early Childhood-Elementary - Toddler • School Specialty $108.97 1 $108.97
Scholastic First Little Readers Guided Reading Level C (SC9780545223034) • Staples $86.21 1 $86.21
Scholastic First Little Readers: Guided Reading Level A (SC9780545223010) • Staples $81.96 1 $81.96
Scholastic First Little Readers, Set of 100, Level D • Amazon Business $79.97 1 $79.97
Islandborn (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
The Queen of Kindergarten • Amazon Business $10.46 1 $10.46
The World Belonged to Us • Amazon Business $10.37 1 $10.37
Black Boy, Black Boy: Celebrate Remarkable Moments in Black History with this Uplifting Story • Amazon Business $10.35 1 $10.35
Mixed Me! • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
The King of Kindergarten • Amazon Business $10.17 1 $10.17

Materials cost

$426.75

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.90

Sales tax

 $30.09

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$504.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.97

Total project goal

$593.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $593.11

1 Donor

-$15.00

Donations toward project cost

-$12.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.25

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $578.11

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