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Mr. Smith from Brooklyn NY is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

We Wanna Play! Ukuleles

Help me give my students Musical instruments that we can use in our music classes and to perform on!

  • $633 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Our school is in Bed-Stuy between the Marcy and Tompkins Projects. We are a low to low-middle income school. The students are between ages 11-15 years old. I can say that in past years there has been a variety of students at various levels. A majority of my students are on the Autism Spectrum, have Down Syndrome, an emotional disturbance, or another similar learning disability. Students of this caliber respond greatly to music and having more instruments in our classroom will allow my students to develop and grow their musical skills.

My Project

My classroom would benefit from instruments such as: Soprano ukuleles, Orff instruments (xylophones, metallophones), djembes and tubanos, wind instruments (trumpets, trombones, French horns, saxophones, clarinets, flutes, baritone horns/euphoniums, tubas), string instruments (violin, viola, cello, bass) and percussion instruments (bell kits, bass drum, xylophone, marimba, timpani drums, drum pads etc.) Currently my school only has a few djembes, a few guitars, hand drums, keyboards, and recorders. This Donor’s Choose page will be specifically for SOPRANO UKULELES. My students would benefit greatly from these materials as we can learn how to play these instruments and make more music to enjoy and learn from! If we have enough wind instruments we will be able to start our very own school band!

Mr. Smith
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Makala Soprano Ukulele • Woodwind and Brasswind $49.99 10 $499.90

Materials cost

$499.90

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$537.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.84

Total project goal

$632.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$632.24

2 Donors

-$632.24

Donations toward project cost

-$537.40

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$94.84

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$0.00

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