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Dr. WPS Art Teachers from Worcester MA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Soothe the Soul

Help me give my students the Art essentials, including paper, markers, glue, watercolor paints, modeling clay, and oil pastels!

  • $2,662 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I am writing on behalf of The Worcester Public School students in need of art supplies within their homes during the Corona Virus Crisis.

The school district is a high needs area and during this difficult time, children who are quarantined at home have little to no supplies with which to make projects.

Public education is a right and the teachers of our district art department want to make sure that we continue to support the students however needed.

Students have reached out to their art teachers for help. And we intend to fulfill their wishes.

My Project

During the current Covid 19 quarantine, the art teachers of The Worcester Public Schools would like to continue to emphasize the importance of creating art. We believe that now more than ever art has the power to bring us together even as we are distancing. Art has the power to remind us of our humanity, soothe our worried souls and express our unique time and shared experience of this world.

Many of our low-income families lack even the basic art supplies with which to create.

Our team of art educators has started to construct individual art kits to deliver to student homes. We have run out of supplies and are looking for help in our endeavor.

Dr. WPS Art Teachers
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
PASTELS ASST COLOR SCHOOL SMART SET OF 12 • School Specialty $4.57 100 $457.00
PAD WATERCOLOR GIANT CRAYOLA 16X12 IN 25 SHTS • School Specialty $4.42 100 $442.00
MARKER ART CONICAL TIP ASST COLORS SCHOOL SMART SET OF 12 • School Specialty $2.99 100 $299.00
SCHOOL SMART MODELING CLAY CREAM 1LB • School Specialty $2.69 100 $269.00
PAINT WTRCLR ART TIME 8 COLOR OVAL PAN • School Specialty $1.87 100 $187.00
PAD SKETCH CRAYOLA 9X9 IN 40 SHEETS • School Specialty $1.87 100 $187.00
PAPER CONSTRUCTION CRAYOLA 9X12 IN 240 SHTS • School Specialty $6.22 20 $124.40
GLUE STICK .28OZ WHITE SCHOOL SMART PK OF 12 • School Specialty $4.04 9 $36.36

Materials cost

$2,001.76

Vendor shipping charges

$200.18

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$30.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,261.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$399.17

Total project goal

$2,661.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$2,661.14

47 Donors

-$1,847.40

Donations toward project cost

-$1,593.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$253.86

Matching donations from our partners

-$786.39

Match offers toward project cost

-$668.43

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$117.96

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$27.35

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$0.00

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Project Activity

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