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Ms. Watts from Akron OH is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Secret Garden Art

Help me give my students Chroma Acrylic paint and varnish to create a mural in our urban garden.

  • $352 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My school is located in an urban area of Ohio. My students have taken advantage of school choice and are determined to earn their high school diplomas.

Most of our kids fight some sort of battle every day.

Our students struggle with poverty, homelessness, employment, transportation, and language barriers. In spite of all of this, they show up to school. Some days are better than others, but the kids are earning credits and passing tests and working their way towards graduation.

My Project

Our students have spent the past several seasons clearing the way for our urban garden. The next step in their plan is to create a mural on the garden walls that represents who they are and to make the space their own. Many of our students have never had the opportunity to have their art displayed. This project gives them the outside walls of the building as their canvas.

Creativity is encouraged and supported in our school.

We have incredibly talented students who have been planning our mural. They are only missing their supplies.

Ms. Watts
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
01425-1401 - Montana Varnish Spray - Gloss, 400 ml • Blick Art Materials $7.98 6 $47.88
01625-6506 - Chroma Acrylic Mural Paint - Purple Haze, 16 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $9.22 2 $18.44
01625-1696 - Chroma Acrylic Mural Paint - Polar, 16 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $8.27 2 $16.54
01625-4866 - Chroma Acrylic Mural Paint - Ice, 16 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $8.27 2 $16.54
01625-4636 - Chroma Acrylic Mural Paint - Fury, 16 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $8.27 2 $16.54
01625-3916 - Chroma Acrylic Mural Paint - Stop, 16 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $8.27 2 $16.54
01625-4026 - Chroma Acrylic Mural Paint - Scorched, 16 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $8.27 2 $16.54
01625-3046 - Chroma Acrylic Mural Paint - Pucker, 16 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $8.27 2 $16.54
01625-5116 - Chroma Acrylic Mural Paint - Calypso, 16 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $6.81 2 $13.62
01625-7026 - Chroma Acrylic Mural Paint - Slime, 16 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $6.81 2 $13.62
01625-1036 - Chroma Acrylic Mural Paint - Sand, 16 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $6.81 2 $13.62
01625-2036 - Chroma Acrylic Mural Paint - Blacktop Black, 16 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $6.81 2 $13.62
01625-8716 - Chroma Acrylic Mural Paint - Dirt, 16 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $6.81 2 $13.62
01625-8086 - Chroma Acrylic Mural Paint - Mud, 16 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $6.81 2 $13.62
01625-4036 - Chroma Acrylic Mural Paint - Glam Rock (Gold), 16 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $9.22 1 $9.22
01625-9306 - Chroma Acrylic Mural Paint - Rock Star (Silver), 16 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $8.27 1 $8.27

Materials cost

$264.77

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$298.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.72

Total project goal

$351.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$351.46

5 Donors

-$351.46

Donations toward project cost

-$298.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.72

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$0.00

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