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Ms. McElderry from Dixon MT is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

We Turn Strings into Things!

My students need mini looms kits, yarn assortment and jumbo roving yarn.

  • $507 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our students come from a variety of backgrounds. Most of our population is one of poverty. All of our students receive free lunches. The students try their best every day but have a lot of obstacles facing them, and for some just getting to school is a huge problem.

Our students live on the Flathead Indian Reservation, and with that comes a diverse group with unique challenges all their own.

I have never seen a group of students who try so hard and face the world and it's challenges head-on the way that my students do.

My Project

I am asking for these resources because I have a group of students who just do not have the fine motor skills need for using a seed bead loom. I am requesting some different types of looms and instead of beads the students will use yarn. This will give them the opportunity to leave the class with a project in hand at the end of the year!

These items will help me differentiate for this group of students, I want them to have the same oppertunities and experiences as the other students, they just need a few different items so they can be successful.

Ms. McElderry
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
65021-1009-Schacht Mini Loom - Weaving Kit • Blick Art Materials $36.97 4 $147.88
65233-0009-Trait-Tex Glitter Yarn Assortment - 8 oz, 4-Ply, Set of 9 Colors • Blick Art Materials $106.24 1 $106.24
65214-1004-Trait-Tex Jumbo Roving Yarn - 8 oz, 4-Ply, Set of 9, Assorted Bright Colors • Blick Art Materials $105.20 1 $105.20

Materials cost

$359.32

Vendor shipping charges

 $35.93

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$430.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.00

Total project goal

$506.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $506.64

1 Donor

-$506.64

Donations toward project cost

-$430.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$76.00

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 $0.00

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