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Teacher Burk from Hammond IN is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Ukes Today, Tunes Tomorrow!

My students need 15 Makala Soprano Ukuleles to further their individual music playing skills.

  • $931 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My musically inquisitive K-5 students live in a high poverty urban school district in Northwest Indiana, and they are thrilled to play any type of instrument they can get their hands on! They are very appreciative of the opportunity to play instruments so they take great care of them. They realize just how special it is to play any instrument. We have purchased colored bells and Boomwhackers in the past, and the students have really enjoyed them.

I see over 500 students for only an hour every week, and it amazes me what they have learned over their young years.

I want my students to have an opportunity to learn on an instrument such as the ukulele so that they can expand their personal musicality on their own in the future. With this gift of ukuleles, I could do just that!

My Project

Music is everywhere, and our urban students use music to escape from their noisy world. It is our hope that these students leave elementary school with the basics of playing the ukulele so they might further their musical abilities on their own and in the future. Ukuleles are just the right size for our students' little hands!

Our students have enjoyed playing percussion instruments such as colored bells and Boomwhackers, but we would like to add a string instrument to our repertoire!

Now that they have tackled teamwork, playing the ukulele will help the students on a more individual basis.

Teacher Burk
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Makala Soprano Ukulele • Woodwind and Brasswind $49.99 15 $749.85

Materials cost

$749.85

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$791.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$139.61

Total project goal

$930.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$930.71

1 Donor

-$465.36

Donations toward project cost

-$395.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.80

match offer

-$465.34

Match offer toward project cost

-$395.54

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.80

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$0.00

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Project Activity

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