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Ms. Mara from Phoenix, AZ is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Secret Garden

Help me give my students spend more time solving problems in garden laboratory.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Mara's classroom raised $698

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are like students all over the world. Some love to learn, some only like to learn certain subjects and some grin and bear it through their four years here. Deep down though I know they all want to be successful. They are the Google generation with a world of information literally at their finger tips. They just need to learn how to harness that wealth of knowledge.

My Project

The carport shades will allow my students to extend the time we spend in our garden to develop solutions to the problem of food insecurity. To do this they will develop solutions to the following problems; growing food in a desert, growing food with limited resources, and growing food without the use of fertilizers or pesticides.

The ability to have an outdoor lab has multiple benefits to students.

Students learn where their food comes from. They enjoy being out of the classroom. By gardening they get a sense of accomplishment. Thank you

Ms. Mara Sandra Day O'Connor High School Grades 9-12 Phoenix, AZ View local requests 999 students impacted 29donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Abba Patio 10 x 20 ft Outdoor Heavy Duty Carport Car Canopy Portable Steel Garage Tent Boat Shelter for Party, Wedding, Garden Storage Shed, White, 8 Legs • Amazon Business $259.00 2 $518.00

Materials cost

$518.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$37.04

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$592.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$104.61

Total project goal

$697.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$697.42

26 Donors

-$645.38

Donations toward project cost

-$573.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.81

Matching donations from our partners

-$22.65

Match offers toward project cost

-$19.25

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.40

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$29.41

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$0.00

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