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Coach Cruz from Chicago, IL is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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SEL is Our Gooaaallll!

Help me give my students a fooseball table to play during recess to help manage their emotions and build positive relationships.

FULLY FUNDED! Coach Cruz's classroom raised $235

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

My school is an SEL Model school. SEL stands for Social Emotional Learning. Each month we focus on a different SEL theme, during our SEL classes, we provide lessons and instruction to help our students acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions, and achieve personal and collective goals, show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions.

With a recreational foosball table, our students will be able to build camaraderie, work on good sportsmanship, and have a place to decompress and de-stress.

Coach Cruz Gallistel Language Academy Grades 6-8

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.

Chicago, IL 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

150 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
GoSports 48" Game Room Size Foosball Table - Oak Finish - Includes 4 Balls and 2 Cup Holders • Amazon Business $129.99 1 $129.99
Coopay 18 Pieces 32mm Foosball Balls Table Football Soccer Replacement Balls Multicolor Official Tabletop Game Balls with a Black Drawstring Bag (Black/White Pentagon) • Amazon Business $12.88 1 $12.88
Coopay 18 Pieces 32mm Foosball Balls Table Football Soccer Replacement Balls Multicolor Official Tabletop Game Balls with a Black Drawstring Bag (Multicolour Star) • Amazon Business $11.88 1 $11.88
Coopay 18 Pieces 32mm Foosball Balls Table Football Soccer Replacement Balls Multicolor Official Tabletop Game Balls with a Black Drawstring Bag (Multicolour Pentagon) • Amazon Business $11.88 1 $11.88

Materials cost

$166.63

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$199.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.14

Total project goal

$234.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$234.27

2 Donors

-$234.27

Donations toward project cost

-$199.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.14

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$0.00

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