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Ms. Valtin from Trenton NJ is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Volleying into A New Sport!

Help me give my students the necessary equipment for all net games. We are in desperate need of study bases so that I can teach my students to play volleyball, tennis, pickleball, and badminton using a real net.

  • 6 donors
  • $1,279 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! 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

I want to be able to introduce my students to all of the sports that they wouldn't normally have access to being in an inner city. Volleyball is one of my all-time favorite sports and I would love to be able to share that love with my students! So many of them keep asking if I can teach them volleyball and I am thrilled that they want to learn! We need safe bases and poles for our net so that we are able to do all net sports (especially volleyball and tennis). We have been using caution tape tied to various objects as a net, but my students deserve the opportunity to play using a real net!

My students are the most wonderful students and deserve all of the opportunities possible.

They will be beyond excited to get and use this new equipment! They love learning new sports and I know that this team sport will be a hit! Please help us be able to have the volleyball team of our dreams!

Ms. Valtin
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sportime BigRedBase Every Net Sport Kit with 1 Net, 2 BigRedBases, and 2 Tall Posts - Elementary-Middle School - Kids - Lightweight • School Specialty $435.14 1 $435.14
Sportime BigRedBase and Tall Post Combo - Aluminum - Elementary-Middle School - Kids - Stability • School Specialty $155.02 2 $310.04
Champion Sports Rhino Skin Super High Bounce Dodgeballs • Amazon Business $139.65 1 $139.65
Sportime No-Sting Volleyball, 8 Ounces, Teal/Pink • School Specialty $12.59 6 $75.54

Materials cost

$960.37

Vendor shipping charges

$82.07

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,086.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$191.80

Total project goal

$1,278.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,278.65

5 Donors

-$617.26

Donations toward project cost

-$562.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.09

match offer

-$617.27

Match offer toward project cost

-$524.68

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$92.59

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$44.12

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$0.00

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