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Mrs. Outland from Rocky Mount NC is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

REEDing to Success!

Help me give my students reeds and valve oil to keep their instruments in great playing condition!

  • $523 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 Students

My students come from an inner city area where experiences outside of their neighborhood just do not happen. I want to use music as a vehicle to "get them out of town."

I view music, band in particular, as a way to expose these children to the massive world around them.

Many of the students I teach are working with instruments that are school-owned or that are in complete disrepair. I teach 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade band in a middle school that is located in a very low-income and high need area. One hundred percent of the school receives free lunch and many of the students use school-owned instruments because they cannot afford to rent or purchase their own.

My Project

These supplies, of reeds and valve oil, will ensure success in various performances and competitions as well as teaching students to play and experience music in general! Reeds are necessary to play instruments such as clarinet, saxophone, and bass clarinet. Instruments will not work or make sound without these vital pieces.

With quality supplies such as reeds and valve oil, students will be able to play in concerts such as our winter and spring concerts, compete in auditions such as all district and all state honor bands, and participate in district adjudication events such as solo and ensemble festival.

These supplies will ensure the I can keep the students playing and participating in class while helping them attain success somewhere in their lives.

Mrs. Outland
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Traditional Bb Clarinet Reeds • Woodwind and Brasswind $21.95 7 $153.65
Alto Saxophone Reeds • Woodwind and Brasswind $27.95 4 $111.80
Traditional Bass Clarinet Reeds • Woodwind and Brasswind $20.95 2 $41.90
Bb Clarinet Reeds, Box of 25 • Woodwind and Brasswind $39.99 1 $39.99
Valve Oil • Woodwind and Brasswind $4.49 7 $31.43

Materials cost

$378.77

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$29.54

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$443.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.35

Total project goal

$522.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$522.34

4 Donors

-$359.00

Donations toward project cost

-$306.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.35

match offer

-$161.58

Match offer toward project cost

-$137.34

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.24

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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$0.00

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