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Mrs. Doran from Muskegon MI is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Sketching Our Emotions

Help me give my students a sketch book and special artist pencil for social-emotional sketching.

  • $174 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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

Our students are hardworking kids. They really want to learn and do their best in school. Our school is a Title I school with one hundred percent of students receiving free lunch.

Many of our students come to us without their basic needs met.

It is our job to ensure our students have what they need to be successful. Our school provides a safe, welcoming environment for children. Despite their challenges, our students deserve all the best we can offer.

My Project

Please help me give my students their very own sketchbooks and special artist pencils. My students love to draw and sketch. Many also struggle with emotions and have trauma-filled lives. I would love to provide a sketchbook for students to use when they want to draw out their feelings or when they simply just need a break to doodle.

Sometimes, just taking a few minutes and doing something they love is enough to calm their minds.

With these sketchbooks, students can have an escape and a safe place to express their emotions.

Mrs. Doran
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
GIFTEXPRESS Pack of 12 Letter Size Sketch Book Bound Spiral Premium Sketch Pads Set, Pencil Sketch Book 30 Sheets Each, 8.5" X 11" Side Wire Bound, White Blank Paper Sheets for Pencil, Ink, Pastel • Amazon Business $27.99 3 $83.97
Faber-Castell pencils, Castell 9000 Artist graphite 6B pencils for sketch, drawing, shading, art supplies - box of 12 • Amazon Business $10.60 3 $31.80

Materials cost

$115.77

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$147.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.03

Total project goal

$173.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $173.54

3 Donors

-$85.00

Donations toward project cost

-$75.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.75

match offer

-$85.01

Match offer toward project cost

-$72.26

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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 $0.00

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