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Mrs. Bantsolas from South Holland, IL is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Want To Play The Recorder!

Help me give my students recorders and music so they can learn to love music.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Bantsolas's classroom raised $262

This project is fully funded

My Project

My students love music. Music breaks down barriers and makes connections that facilitate learning!

These instruments will make a difference in my classroom by making connections, capturing interest, and building a love of music!

I will build language skills, stimulate creativity and foster a lifelong love of music!

We have a lot of low income so asking to buy a recorder isn’t always the easiest. With Covid, I hate the fact of sterilizing old recorders and giving them to the kids.

These instruments will be used year after year, taken care of, and cleaned properly so that will last for future years!

Mrs. Bantsolas ABLE Program Grades PreK-2

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.

South Holland, IL View local requests

More than a third of 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

15 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Yamaha YRS-24B Plastic Soprano Recorder, Natural • Amazon Business $9.99 15 $149.85
Easy Recorder Tunes: 30 Fun and Easy Recorder Tunes for Beginners! • Amazon Business $7.95 5 $39.75

Materials cost

$189.60

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$222.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.25

Total project goal

$261.69

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$261.69

2 Donors

-$236.69

Donations toward project cost

-$201.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.50

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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$0.00

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