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Ms. Caswell from Philadelphia, PA is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reduce Food Waste and Feed Hungry Kids

Help me give my students refrigerators and cabinets to start a food pantry and reduce our food waste.

  • $2,495 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

My students are motivated to change the world by changing what they can. They are learning about how humans impact our environment and one issue that we have discovered that has a major impact is food waste. My students want to feed their hungry peers while reducing the food that is wasted in our cafeteria. We need refrigerators and storage cabinets to make this possible and so they can start to change the world for our own community. They are excited to make a difference for those in our community and to protect our environment.

Ms. Caswell
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Whirlpool WRT311FZDM - refrigerator/freezer - top-freezer - freestanding - monochromatic stainless steel • Best Buy Education $794.93 2 $1,589.86
Walker Edison - Rustic Farmhouse Sliding Door Buffet Cabinet - Rustic Oak • Best Buy Education $234.94 2 $469.88

Materials cost

$2,059.74

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$30.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,120.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$374.23

Total project goal

$2,494.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,494.87

16 Donors

-$2,493.98

Donations toward project cost

-$2,120.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$373.34

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.89

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 $0.00

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