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Mr. Jones from Durham NC is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Training Young Athletes

Help me give my students the workout equipment needed to support their proper training and athletic career!

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My Project

Our student athletes have the desire to be great, but need some support. As we work to develop our weight room it is essential we have the dumbbells our student athletes need to work out. These dumbbells will allow me to train our athletes and encourage safe weightlifting practices. A serious component to helping develop athletes is having them participate in weight training. Strength training is great for athletes; it improves endurance, boosts power and trains your brain. These tools will be useful for helping all of our athletes including the basketball team, wrestling, football and soccer.

Mr. Jones
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
CAP Barbell 45 LB Coated Hex Dumbbell Weight, New Edition • Amazon Business $67.19 2 $134.38
CAP Barbell 50 LB Coated Hex Dumbbell Weight, New Edition • Amazon Business $55.00 2 $110.00
CAP Barbell 35 LB Coated Hex Dumbbell Weight, New Edition • Amazon Business $42.97 2 $85.94
CAP Barbell 40 LB Coated Hex Dumbbell Weight, New Edition • Amazon Business $39.99 2 $79.98
CAP Barbell 30 LB Coated Hex Dumbbell Weight, New Edition • Amazon Business $38.47 2 $76.94
CAP Barbell 25 LB Coated Hex Dumbbell Weight, New Edition • Amazon Business $34.99 2 $69.98
CAP Barbell 20 LB Coated Hex Dumbbell Weight, New Edition • Amazon Business $28.00 2 $56.00
CAP Barbell 15 LB Coated Hex Dumbbell Weight, New Edition • Amazon Business $18.17 2 $36.34

Materials cost

$649.56

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $50.67

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$739.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$130.58

Total project goal

$870.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $870.55

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 $870.55

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