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Mrs. Ogram from Yuma, AZ is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sit, Relax and Reflect

Help me give my students the items we need to help create our Garden Oasis, where students can come to sit and relax, reflect and enjoy the sights and sounds of the garden.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Ogram's classroom raised $613

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

Our garden is a very special place for our students and they love going to the garden. We want to create a garden oasis for students to be able to sit, relax and reflect when they need to. Students are carrying some heavy burdens in todays world, especially since COVID, and having a place to retreat during their recess time or during their time in our school garden will benefit them greatly.

Our students social and emotional health and well-being is of the utmost importance to our school staff.

We hope by creating welcoming and comforting locations in and around our school, we can help our students cope with the struggles they may be dealing with since COVID has impacted so many of their lives. Having this garden oasis will provide them with a calming outdoor area to enjoy and help them to refocus their attention on their school work.

We will begin with some seating and items that our students will enjoy seeing and hearing. The wind spinners are a visual delight and will certainly entertain and relax those that watch them. The wind chimes are a calming sound to the garden and will be enjoyed while students sit on the bench under our tree closest to the garden while watching birds bathe in the birdbath. With the garden gnome and turtle statues, ladybug stepping stones, and the bumble bee metal wall art being added about here and there, they will certainly add a pleasant feel to the garden oasis bringing much joy and comfort to our students! They certainly deserve that.

Mrs. Ogram Gary A Knox Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Arcadia Garden Products BE01 Fiberclay Garden, Outdoor Bench, Patio Seating for Front Porch Park Outside Furniture Decor, Stone Black • Amazon Business $143.99 1 $143.99
VIVOHOME 28 Inch Height Polyresin Lightweight Outdoor Double Birds Garden Bird Bath Green • Amazon Business $35.99 1 $35.99
The Lakeside Collection Ladybug Stepping Stones for Gardens and Outdoor Flower Beds - Set of 3 • Amazon Business $35.99 1 $35.99
Wind Chimes Outdoor Deep Tone, Wind Chime Outdoor Sympathy Wind-Chime with 6 Tuned Tubes, Elegant Chime for Garden Patio Black Windchimes • Amazon Business $35.89 1 $35.89
ALLADINBOX Solar Wind Spinner 57in Bronze Metal with Multi-Color LED Changing Solar Powered Glass Ball with Kinetic Windmills Dual Direction Wind Sculpture Spinners Decor for yardwind Garden Outdoor • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Wind Spinner Multicolored Outdoor Metal Sculpture Kinetic Colorful Wind Spinners for Yard and Garden • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
Large Garden Gnome Outdoor Statues Decor Holding Lantern with Solar Lights, Resin Garden Sculpture & Statues with Welcome Sign, Garden Decorations for Patio, Yard, Lawn Ornaments, Gnome Gifts • Amazon Business $25.99 1 $25.99
Nacome Solar Garden Statue Turtle Figurine with Succulent and 7 LED Lights - Outdoor Lawn Decor Garden Tortoise Statue for Patio, Balcony, Yard, Lawn Ornament - Unique Housewarming(Turtle) • Amazon Business $25.98 1 $25.98
Yxcieos Garden Wind Spinners Outdoor Metal Wind Sculptures and Spinners Garden Wind Catcher Courtyard Gap Decor Windmill Inlaid with Luminous Balls and Sequins 25.5 inches &7.5 inches(Violet) • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
Solawindchime Insect Wind Chimes Outdoor, Insect Bronze Wind Chime, Gift Wind Chime, Insect Lovers Wind Bell, Gifts for Women, for Home, Garden, Indoor, Outdoor Decoration, Garden Ladybug Wind Chime • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Yungeln Metal Wall Art, 4PCS Metal Bumble Bee Wall Decor, 3D Iron Bee Art Sculpture Hanging Wall Decorations for Outdoor Home Garden • Amazon Business $14.56 1 $14.56

Materials cost

$417.35

Vendor shipping charges

$36.98

Sales tax

$29.84

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$520.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.84

Total project goal

$612.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$612.27

2 Donors

-$612.27

Donations toward project cost

-$520.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$91.84

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