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Mrs. Muller from Orange, NJ is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Team Basketball Players Must Have Sneakers to Play Basketball!

Help me give my students basketball team royal blue sneakers to have an amazing basketball season with and win!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Muller's classroom raised $575

This project is fully funded

My Project

I help coach basketball for my school team. I have amazing student athletes who work so hard on both their schoolwork as well as playing basketball. They take the team sport seriously and want to win. My basketball team players are in different grades, and are of different genders and races, yet they all get along so well and are kind to each other and are team players. Some of my team players don't have good sneakers to play in which doesn't allow them to live up to their potential and they get frustrated and feel insecure over it.

In order to eliminate competition among my students and make sure that all players are equal on the team, I want all my students to have the same sneakers so we can play and win!

By giving my students all royal blue sneakers that look the same, everyone gets the chance that they deserve without being a target over not having the same type of cool sneakers that the "winners" have. By eliminating competition among my team, I will make sure that everyone plays and has a good time and we win! Not only does playing basketball make students work harder on their schoolwork to make the team, but playing team sports fosters friendships and socialization among students. Team sports also helps students stay fit and healthy by working out, which is important to me.

Mrs. Muller Heywood Avenue Elementary School Grades 6-8

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Orange, NJ View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
AND1 Takeoff 3.0 Girls & Boys Basketball Shoes, Boys High Top Sneakers - Navy Blue, 4.5 Big Kid • Amazon Business $37.98 4 $151.92
AND1 Takeoff 3.0 Girls & Boys Basketball Shoes, Boys High Top Sneakers - Navy Blue, 4 Big Kid • Amazon Business $37.98 2 $75.96
AND1 Takeoff 3.0 Girls & Boys Basketball Shoes, Boys High Top Sneakers - Navy Blue, 6.5 Big Kid • Amazon Business $37.98 2 $75.96
AND1 Takeoff 3.0 Girls & Boys Basketball Shoes, Boys High Top Sneakers - Navy Blue, 5.5 Big Kid • Amazon Business $37.98 2 $75.96
AND1 Takeoff 3.0 Girls & Boys Basketball Shoes, Boys High Top Sneakers - Navy Blue, 3.5 Little Kid • Amazon Business $39.98 1 $39.98
AND1 Takeoff 3.0 Girls & Boys Basketball Shoes, Boys High Top Sneakers - Navy Blue, 3 Little Kid • Amazon Business $31.98 1 $31.98

Materials cost

$451.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$488.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.21

Total project goal

$574.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $574.75

2 Donors

-$278.02

Donations toward project cost

-$251.77

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.25

match offer

-$278.55

Match offer toward project cost

-$236.77

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.78

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.18

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 $0.00

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