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Mrs. Cardarella from Baltimore, MD is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Wobbling Our Way to Learning!

My students need the Wobble Chairs to provide them with comfortable, flexible seating to help facilitate their learning.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Cardarella's classroom raised $2,312

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are fun and energetic group of kindergartners. They love to learn and share what they are doing in and outside of the classroom. They enjoy reading books, playing games, and expressing their thoughts through conversations, drawings and writing.

Our school is located in a vibrant neighborhood full of cultural diversity and artistic expression.

We are a Pre-K through 8th grade school with about 400 students. It is a great place for students to learn and grow and become life long learners.

My Project

Currently, my students have very old chairs that are missing pieces which cause the chairs to be unbalanced. When the students are unbalanced, they have difficulty with completing assignments because they have to lean and stretch to reach materials. They are also not very comfortable chairs and many of the them are too small for my students.

The Wobble Chairs would allow students to move and wiggle as they need in order to stay focused and without distracting neighbors.

The chairs would also provide comfortable seating for the students and allow them to move their bodies easily when engaging in group activities or completing individual work.

Mrs. Cardarella Hampden Elementary School 55 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.

Baltimore, MD View local requests

More than half 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

26 students impacted 29donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
CR122BU - Wobble Chair - Blue - 12" • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 10 $599.90
CR122GR - Wobble Chair - Green - 12" • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 10 $599.90
CR122RD - Wobble Chair - Red - 12" • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 10 $599.90

Materials cost

$1,799.70

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$107.98

3rd party payment processing fee

$27.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,964.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$346.71

Total project goal

$2,311.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$2,311.39

27 Donors

-$1,928.75

Donations toward project cost

-$1,670.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$258.46

match offer

-$346.34

Match offer toward project cost

-$294.39

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.95

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$36.30

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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