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Ms. Ray-Zavalla from San Francisco, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Our Way to Awareness and Self Sufficiency

Help me give my students new classroom books on gardening, cooking and social issues. We run a coffee cart for the staff and need the burr grinder to make the best coffee possible.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Ray-Zavalla's classroom raised $553

This project is fully funded

My Project

I have a great group of enthusiastic 9-12 grade Special Education students, most on the autism spectrum. We have a box in the school garden where we grow vegetables and run a coffee cart 2 days a week where we sell some class baked snacks and cups of coffee. The cookbooks and supplies will inspire our offerings.

By donating to my project you'll inspire gardening and cooking projects, help the students' vocational training, and help my students understand some of the important social issues from the past and present.

Since my students have a wide range of reading abilities, the books vary from picture books to books more at their grade level.

Ms. Ray-Zavalla Abraham Lincoln High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

San Francisco, CA View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

10 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cuisinart DBM-8 Supreme Grind Automatic Burr Mill • Amazon Business $59.95 1 $59.95
Placemats for Kids, Silicone Placemat for Dining Kitchen Table, Waterproof Dining Mat for Kids Baby Toddler, Reusable, Easy to Clean (5 Pack) • Amazon Business $24.99 2 $49.98
We March • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
She Persisted Boxed Set • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal, a Brave Boy from Pakistan: Two Stories of Bravery • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
All Ketchup, No Mustard!: Ready-to-Read Graphics Level 2 (Nugget and Dog) • Amazon Business $16.91 1 $16.91
Hiware 200-Piece Parchment Paper Baking Sheets 12 x 16 Inch, Precut Non-Stick Parchment Sheets for Baking, Cooking, Grilling, Air Fryer and Steaming - Unbleached, Fit for Half Sheet Pans • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Free to Be...You and Me • Amazon Business $15.64 1 $15.64
300 Step-by-Step Cooking & Gardening Projects for Kids: The Ultimate Book For Budding Gardeners And Super Chefs, With Amazing Things To Grow And Cook Yourself, Shown In Over 2300 Photographs • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Trees, Leaves, Flowers and Seeds: A Visual Encyclopedia of the Plant Kingdom (DK Our World in Pictures) • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
May Your Life Be Deliciosa • Amazon Business $14.19 1 $14.19
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
The Best You! • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
It's Okay to Be a Unicorn! • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
My First Cookbook: Fun recipes to cook together . . . with as much mixing, rolling, scrunching, and squishing as possible! (America's Test Kitchen Kids) • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
Edible Crafts Kids' Cookbook Ages 4-8: 25 Fun Projects to Make and Eat! • Amazon Business $12.18 1 $12.18
The Complete Cookbook for Young Scientists: Good Science Makes Great Food: 70+ Recipes, Experiments, & Activities (Young Chefs Series) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Flotsam • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark • Amazon Business $10.50 1 $10.50
Mr. Wuffles! (Caldecott Medal - Honors Winning Title(s)) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Tuesday • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$397.28

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$36.35

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$469.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.87

Total project goal

$552.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$552.46

4 Donors

-$276.23

Donations toward project cost

-$234.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.43

match offer

-$276.22

Match offer toward project cost

-$234.79

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.43

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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$0.00

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