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Ms. Finley from Cedar Rapids IA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Sketching Therapy

Help me give my students personal sketchbooks to see the full potential of having art at their fingertips

  • $692 goal

This project expired on May 18, 2022.

This project expired on May 18, 2022.

My Students

My students are aspiring artists and are always looking for ways to advance their skill level. Some are looking to art as a way to deal with all of lives stresses and the curveballs thrown at them on a daily basis.

Art can be the loophole many are seeking right now in a life full of uncertainties.

In our department we are striving to create a space where students can escape and find a tiny oasis.

My Project

Sketching, doodling, notes, journaling and just expressionism of any form is so important to have in our daily lives to show students how to decompress and find outlets. Sketchbooks and art can be an outlet for so many if they had the means to get one.

With the world still in a constant state of unknowns and uncertainties I am looking to be able to show my students how art can be the constant in their lives.

These sketchbooks will become something that is 100% theirs and always with them

Ms. Finley
Grades 9-12
  • J.F. Kennedy High School
  • Cedar Rapids, IA
  • More than half of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 230 students.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Canson XL Mix Media Pad - 10 x 7, Portrait, 60 Sheets • Blick Art Materials $6.86 75 $514.50

Materials cost

$514.50

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$35.24

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$587.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.67

Total project goal

$691.13

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