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Mrs. Cassidy from Orange TX is requesting Books through DonorsChoose, the #1 classroom funding site for teachers.

We Like Big Books

My students need these big books and big book storage station because ours took a swim in Hurricane Harvey.

  • $842 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

60% of the students in my class lost their homes and belongings in Hurricane Harvey. In addition, they lost their classroom too. We began school a month later than planned at a local church in town.

My students are brave and adaptable.

These are just a few words I could use to describe them. They have embraced this year and have made the best out of the traumatic time in their short little lives. I cannot say enough good things about this sweet little class.

My Project

Our school was flooded in Hurricane Harvey. Our big books and their storage container were covered in mold when I got into my classroom to clean it out. It broke my heart.

Big books are such an important part of Kindergarten.

I take pride in exposing my students to a print-rich environment. It is developmentally appropriate to read lots of books to Kindergarten students. I use the big books to teach parts of a book, page numbers, titles, sight word recognition, sentence structure, and much more. My students would benefit greatly if we were able to replace our big books supply and have a sturdy place to store them.

Mrs. Cassidy
Grades PreK-2
Nearly all students from low‑income households

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5 donors5 donors have given to this project.

This project will reach 18 students.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
JJ987 - Classic Birch Magnetic Write & Wipe Big Book Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $289.00 1 $289.00
EE668 - Lakeshore Word Family Big Books • Lakeshore Learning Materials $199.00 1 $199.00
BOOKS BIG LIFE SCIENCE PAPERBACK SET OF 5 • School Specialty $170.32 1 $170.32

Materials cost

$658.32

Vendor shipping charges

 $17.03

State sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$715.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$126.22

Total project goal

$841.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $841.44

3 Donors

-$420.72

Donations toward project cost

-$357.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.11

match offer

-$420.72

Match offer toward project cost

-$357.61

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.11

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 $0.00

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