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Ms. Brown from Champaign, IL is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Need Storage!

Help me give my students the best for their 5th grade year! I am new to this grade level and do not have any of the supplies. With your help, students will have storage and other supplies!

  • $585 goal

This project expired on September 11, 2023.

This project expired on September 11, 2023.

My Project

This will be my fist year teaching 5th grade. I want my students to have the best experince in their last year at the best school. In order to make that happen I need your help! We needs lots of storage space to make our class run at its best! I also want my students to have the opportunity to read materials at their level, play Britain games for morning work, use their artistic skills, and keep organized!

My students are some of the best kids in the distrtict and I want them to have all the supplies they need to have a sucessful 5th grade year.

The community is a big part of making that happen.

Please dontate what you can to this noble project. Thank you in advance! Anything will help!

Ms. Brown Garden Hills Academy Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Champaign, IL View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

25 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sooyee 4 Tier Wide Storage Cart Mobile Shelving Unit Organizer Slide Out Storage Rolling Utility Cart Tower Rack for Kitchen Bathroom Laundry, Plastic & Stainless Steel,Black • Amazon Business $20.46 6 $122.76
Classroom Keepers Sturdy Cardboard Mailbox, 30-Slot, Blue, 21" H x 31-5/8"W x 12-3/4"D, 1 Unit • Amazon Business $54.04 1 $54.04
Kiggos Pencil Dispenser Holder Red Stainless Steel Dispenser for Pencils with 6 Beautiful Stickers for Decor Metal Pencil Dispenser for Classroom Home Office Teachers Students (Pencils Not Included) • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
ELONGDI 130 Pieces - Magnetic Building Sticks Building Blocks Set, Magnet Educational Toys Magnetic Blocks Sticks Stacking Toys Set, Non-Toxic Building Toy 3D Puzzle with Storage Bag • Amazon Business $16.99 2 $33.98
80 Pieces Mesh Zipper Pouch Waterproof Zipper Pouch Zipper Pencil Pouch Plastic Zip File Document Folders Waterproof Plastic Envelopes Folders for School Office Supplies (9.5 x 4.3 Inch) • Amazon Business $28.99 1 $28.99
Set of 155 Wooden Pattern Blocks Geometric Manipulative Shape Puzzle Kindergarten Graphical Classic Educational Montessori Tangram Toys for Kids Ages 3+ Jigsaw Puzzles Gift with 24 Pcs Design Cards • Amazon Business $12.57 2 $25.14
The Yak Pack: Comics & Phonics: Book 3: Learn to read decodable blend words (The Yak Pack – Phonics & Sight Words) • Amazon Business $11.99 2 $23.98
The Yak Pack: Comics & Phonics: Book 2: Learn to read decodable digraph words (The Yak Pack – Phonics & Sight Words) • Amazon Business $11.99 2 $23.98
The Yak Pack: Comics & Phonics: Book 1: Learn to read decodable short vowel words (The Yak Pack – Phonics & Sight Words) • Amazon Business $11.83 2 $23.66
Ohuhu Markers Brush Chisel Tip: 60 Colors New Brush Double Tipped Water-Based Art Marker for Kids Adults Coloring Book Calligraphy Drawing Sketching Bullet Journal with 1 Colorless Blender and Case • Amazon Business $20.79 1 $20.79
Brain Games - Sticker by Number: Mosaic (20 Complex Images to Sticker) • Amazon Business $12.39 1 $12.39
AdTech Hot Glue Sticks 4" Full Size, Clear, 50 Sticks • Amazon Business $6.10 2 $12.20
Brain Games - Sticker by Number: Dogs (28 Images to Sticker) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Self Adhesive Dots 2268 pcs(1134 Pairs) Strong Adhesive White 10mm/0.39”Diameter Sticky Back Coins, Hook & Loop Dots with Waterproof Sticky Glue Nylon Tapes,Ideal for Classroom,Office&Home • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Brain Games - Sticker by Number: Ocean Treasures • Amazon Business $8.98 1 $8.98
Brain Games - Sticker by Number: Amazing Animals • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79

Materials cost

$460.25

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$497.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.73

Total project goal

$584.88

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