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Mrs. Lambert from Springfield, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Today A Reader, Tomorrow A Leader

Help me give my students more book choices and have more fun reading

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Lambert's classroom raised $565

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

When I was little I was fortunate that Mrs. Johnson made sure all of her students could find something that interests them in the classroom library. This allowed all of her students the ability to find something they wanted to read when they had free time. Now that I have my own classroom, I want to provide the same opportunity to my students so they can also enjoy reading as much as I did when I was their age.

I would like to take her concept to the next level and provide a robust classroom library that could allow me to let students borrow books and "check them out" like a real library.

With your help, this project could be funded before the holidays and they would be able to carry on their reading habits during the winter breaks. Thank you for considering this project while spreading holiday cheer and helping these future leaders.

Mrs. Lambert Mary M Walsh Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Springfield, MA View local requests

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

HBCU Alum 38 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dork Diaries (13 Books) • AKJ Education $148.91 1 $148.91
Big Nate (13 Books) • AKJ Education $118.08 1 $118.08
Babymouse (20 Books) • AKJ Education $110.22 1 $110.22
Captain Underpants (7 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $55.13 1 $55.13
Diary of a Wimpy Kid #6 Cabin Fever • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94

Materials cost

$443.28

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FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$479.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.69

Total project goal

$564.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$564.62

1 Donor

-$564.62

Donations toward project cost

-$479.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$84.69

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$0.00

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