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Mrs. Austin from San Ramon CA 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 a passion for adventure, knowledge and leadership through reading!

  • 4 donors
  • $307 still needed

expires Aug 28

  • 4 donors
  • $307 still needed
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My Project

My classroom library has seen better days! Many of our books have been loved to death. Updating our library with current books will ignite students love for reading.

Building a class library that instills a love of reading means having many different genres and levels of books for my students to choose from.

My goal is for my students to become excited about reading and not want to put their books down! I want all students to know they can go to our class library and find another book that will interest them just as much as their last book! It is a fact that finding the perfect books at an early age will develop students into readers for life. Getting your help now will allow me to build our class library, making it possible for students to choose books they find exciting and want to read! Thank you so much for your help!

Mrs. Austin
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Baby-Sitters Club Series Graphic Novels, Books 1-12 Set (Graphix) • Amazon Business $118.99 1 $118.99
Dog Man: The Supa Buddies Mega Collection: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1-10 Box Set) • Amazon Business $69.99 1 $69.99
Wings of Fire Graphic Novel 4 Books Collection: 1. The Dragonet Prophecy, 2. The Lost Heir 3, . The Hidden Kingdom, 4. The Dark Secret • Amazon Business $50.39 1 $50.39
Achieve It! Percy Jackson & The Olympians Book Series Variety Pack, Grades 5 to 9, Set of 5 - Grades 5-9 - Kids • School Specialty $48.74 1 $48.74
Capstone Press Katie Woo Books Level H -J - Set of 8 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $47.66 1 $47.66

Materials cost

$335.77

Vendor shipping charges

 $4.87

Sales tax

 $30.72

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$406.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.72

Total project goal

$478.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $478.12

3 Donors

-$85.00

Donations toward project cost

-$73.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

match offer

-$85.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$72.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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 $306.35

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