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Ms. Smelser from New Haven CT is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Street Art Murals

Help me give my students the supplies we will need to create our street mural art.

  • $494 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My inner city students come from various backgrounds. We are a Title 1 school where our students receive 100% free breakfast and lunch. My students are truly treasures. They are kind, respectful, passionate, hardworking and helpful.

They have been very resilient, patient and driven even during these difficult times of learning remotely through Google Classroom.

They make me so proud and happy to be their teacher.

My Project

I am so excited to have this project funded so I can complete the street art murals with my students. My ideas is that we will be working on artful solutions to water pollution.

This Runoff Art is designed to bring awareness to stormwater runoff and the harmful impacts that pollutants have on our waterways.

We will be creating runoff art around our school storm drains and in our general school zone area. In order to get our students excited and eager to complete this project we will have speakers who have knowledge of the topic and all we will need now are the supplies to complete the art.

Ms. Smelser
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
21717-1010 - Golden Archival Spray Varnish - 10 oz, Gloss, Spray Can • Blick Art Materials $13.25 5 $66.25
06280-1019 - Blick Essentials Value Brush Set - Utility Brushes, Bristle, Set of 3 • Blick Art Materials $3.65 12 $43.80
21703-1001 - Krylon Crystal Clear - 11 oz, Spray • Blick Art Materials $7.34 5 $36.70
00711-2048 - Blickrylic Student Acrylics - Mars Black, Half Gallon • Blick Art Materials $13.30 2 $26.60
00711-1088 - Blickrylic Student Acrylics - Blockout White, Half Gallon • Blick Art Materials $13.30 2 $26.60
00711-4018 - Blickrylic Student Acrylics - Primary Yellow, Half Gallon • Blick Art Materials $13.30 2 $26.60
00711-4668 - Blickrylic Student Acrylics - Chrome Orange, Half Gallon • Blick Art Materials $13.30 2 $26.60
00711-3078 - Blickrylic Student Acrylics - Bright Red, Half Gallon • Blick Art Materials $13.30 2 $26.60
00711-6508 - Blickrylic Student Acrylics - Violet, Half Gallon • Blick Art Materials $13.30 2 $26.60
00711-5238 - Blickrylic Student Acrylics - Ultramarine Blue, Half Gallon • Blick Art Materials $13.30 2 $26.60
00711-7298 - Blickrylic Student Acrylics - Green Oxide, Half Gallon • Blick Art Materials $13.30 2 $26.60
05161-0069 - Blick Economy White Bristle Brush Set - Filbert, Set of 6 • Blick Art Materials $3.86 3 $11.58
05162-0069 - Blick Economy White Bristle Brush Set - Round, Set of 6 • Blick Art Materials $5.32 2 $10.64
05161-1006 - Blick Economy White Bristle Brush - Filbert, Size 6 • Blick Art Materials $0.91 2 $1.82

Materials cost

$383.59

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$419.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.00

Total project goal

$493.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$493.34

3 Donors

-$244.90

Donations toward project cost

-$211.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.74

match offer

-$244.92

Match offer toward project cost

-$208.18

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.74

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.52

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$0.00

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