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Mrs. Garcia from Chicago IL is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Sparking Joy: Promoting Positive Behavior Initiative

Help me give my students positive behavior incentives! The sports equipment, Pokémon Cards, and plush toys are popular items for our students!

  • 5 donors
  • $246 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! 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

A little background of our school and students, Sawyer Elementary is a Chicago Public School and our students are predominantly Latino. Moreover, we have over 95% of our students come from low-income families. Our school began a school-wide initiative at the beginning of the year to increase positive behavior in our students and promote a positive school climate. The initiative was the Mustang Moolah store (named after our school mascot) wherein we created a school store that has fun items for students to purchase using their “Mustang Moolah”, which is faux money that is given by staff to students for demonstrating positive behavior, such as being kind, respectful, prepared, etc. The store has been a huge success, and our students love purchasing items every month using their well-deserved Mustang Moolah.

Please help spark joy in our students' day!

We were able to stock the store using funds from a school dance that we hosted in the beginning of the year; however, our funds are running low as well as our store inventory. We would love to continue keeping the store open, but we need some help from a gracious donor to purchase some hot ticket items for our students, such as sports equipment, Pokémon cards, and plush toys.

The store brings such joy to our student community, and we would love to continue this initiative for our students so that they continue to be excited about their school community and encourage them to be an exemplary student citizen.

Mrs. Garcia
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
MacGregor Multicolor Soccer Balls - Size 4 - Prism Pack • Teachers' School Supply $59.99 1 $59.99
Rubber Basketball - Official Size • Teachers' School Supply $13.92 3 $41.76
Nasidear 32 Pack Mini Animal Plush Toy Party Favors,Small Plush Stuffed Animals for Birthday,Theme Party,Easter Basket Stuffers Fillers,Christmas,Classroom Prize,Kids Valentine Gift • Amazon Business $18.98 1 $18.98
Hello Kitty and Friends 8pk Flavored Lip Balm • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
18 Pieces Color Changing Flower Pens Ballpoint Pens Colorful Gel Ink Rollerball Pens for School Home Office Kids Girls Presents (Cherry Blossom Tulip Rose Style) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
50 Shiny/Foil Pokemon Cards (Assorted Lot with No Duplicates) • Amazon Business $7.51 1 $7.51
100Pcs Cute Stickers Pack for Kids Kuromi Hello Kitty Stickers Mymelody Cinnamoroll Pompompurin Keroppi Pochaco Stickers Decals Assorteds Kawaii Sticker Gifts for Water Bottle Laptop Scrapbook Luggage • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Pokemon Cards 50 Card Assorted Lot with Guaranteed V Pokemon • Amazon Business $5.78 1 $5.78

Materials cost

$164.99

Vendor shipping charges

$11.19

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.47

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$208.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.82

Total project goal

$245.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$245.47

5 Donors

-$227.82

Donations toward project cost

-$208.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.17

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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