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Ms. R. from CT is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Take Us to the Cleaners!

Help me give my students tools so they can be self-empowered room cleaners!

  • $164 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 Students

We are an amazing, vibrant collection of enthusiastic artists in a Title I, inner-city, coastal Connecticut community where 100% of our students receive free lunch and there never seems to be an end to other urgent needs.

We welcome many immigrants and transient families to our community and engage students as they navigate every kind of emotional and social challenge that you can imagine.

Economic need is high, but creative passion is even higher! Please help our creative and talented students touch the wonderful materials they need to thrive and explore.

My Project

We have been so incredibly lucky to have our sand area funded. Sand is now everywhere: scooped, dragged, leaked, poured, trucked and stacked with abandon. It's getting messy for sure. At the moment, we depend on our custodians to reset the space (resulting in massive daily sand loss). With these child-sized cleaning tools: hand-held vac, push broom and sweeper, our students will be empowered to clean-up for themselves. With this dedicated sand recycling equipment, we can easily replace the sand each day....prolonging the fun and facilitating endless days of constructive mess! The shop vac is for one last pass over the field at the end of the day to keep everyone happy.

Ms. R.
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Vacmaster, VQ607SFD, 6 Gallon 3 Peak HP Stainless Steel Wet/Dry Shop Vacuum • Amazon Business $49.89 1 $49.89
BLACK+DECKER dusbuster Handheld Vacuum, Cordless, Flexi Blue (HHVI315JO42) • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
Schylling Junior Helper Push Broom • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Schylling Little Helper Broom Set • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59

Materials cost

$107.46

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$139.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.54

Total project goal

$163.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$163.61

1 Donor

-$82.00

Donations toward project cost

-$69.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.30

match offer

-$81.61

Match offer toward project cost

-$69.37

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.24

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$0.00

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