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Tigers' Business Proposal

My students need a Cricut machine and basic supplies and accessories to develop a business making cards, banners, and scrapbooks to sell as per their vocational goals.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Pittman's classroom raised $830

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My Students

Most of my students will never have opportunities outside of what we can provide at school. They do not have access to jobs, recreation and leisure activities, community involvement like most high school students. This is an opportunity to give them that chance.

My students attend a public, separate school in NC for students with special needs; including autism, mental illness, Down's Syndrome, etc.

There are approximately 130 students at my school between grades Kindergarten through graduation at age 22. I work with students, aged 14 and up to help develop their vocational skills and goals. Some specific skill sets we work on are money skills, job preparedness skills, cleaning and organization skills, and "soft skills" like being respectful, listening to others, carrying on appropriate conversations. My students carry out a wide range of both on-campus and community volunteer opportunities such as cleaning, stocking, organizing, mass mailings, providing dinner to local senior citizens, etc. For each job they complete, there is a sense of pride and accomplishment that cannot be achieved through any other means. My students understand that it is "normal" to obtain self-fulfillment, but most of them will never be given that opportunity.

My Project

In order to gain hands-on experience with running a business including marketing, supply and demand, assembly line completion, organization, and follow through, I would like to set up a "business" for my school. Our business will use the Cricut machine and accessories to create a variety of homemade cards, party banners, party supplies, tags, labels, scrapbook pages, etc. We will market our services by creating examples of each product to showcase to parents and friends in our community as well as creating an online store through Etsy. My students will work on creating spreadsheets and budgets and organization systems to keep track of the supply and demand and each step of the process, including quality control checks and follow-up with customers. As the business grows, we can add in more items to our "store".

My students often have problems with fine motor activities and the Cricut machine is perfect for them to be able to create professional looking homemade items that can be unique and beautiful at the same time.

The sense of accomplishment and belonging they will receive from this project is priceless.

Project tagged as

Jamestown, NC
Grades 9-12
Students with Disabilities
Community Service
Supplies
Nearly all students from low‑income households

Mrs. Pittman Christine Joyner Greene Education Center Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total

CUTTING MACHINE CRICUT EXPRESSION • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $423.39 1 $423.39

PAPER TRIMMER CRICUT • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $9.57 1 $9.57

CUTTING MATS CRICUT 12X12 PACK OF 2 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $9.49 1 $9.49

CUTTING MATS CRICUT 12X24 PACK OF 2 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $12.23 1 $12.23

CARTRIDGE CRICUT DESIGNER CALENDAR • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $72.75 1 $72.75

CRICUT PAPER PAD 12 X 24 BASICS PACK OF 3 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $34.19 1 $34.19

Materials cost			$561.62
Vendor shipping charges			$56.16
Sales tax			$43.81
3rd party payment processing fee			$8.42
Fulfillment labor & materials			$35.00
Total project cost			$705.01
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$124.41
Total project goal			$829.42
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$829.42
3 Donors			-$156.60
Donations toward project cost			-$145.35
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$11.25
match offer			-$658.42
Match offer toward project cost			-$559.66
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$98.76
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$14.40
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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