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Mr. Schmidt from Richfield, MN is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Work Tables For a Small Art Program

Help me give my students a better place to work.

  • $4,871 goal

This project expired on June 24, 2025.

This project expired on June 24, 2025.

My Project

Imagine this. You are an art student and you are trying your best to explore the world of art and design, but you are limited by the absolutely horrible desks available for you to work on. When you try to draw, they shake. When you are attempting to make minor changes to a sculpture, the tabletop starts flaking off. When you are trying to paint on a a table top easel, it falls over because somebody 3 seats away stood up and the entire table group vibrated. These are the issues my students are running into.

I have attempted every possible way to improve the work surfaces for my students, but everything I have tried is ultimately unsuccessful.

These new tables would, quite literally, give my students a stable foundation to explore the world of artistic expression and creative thinking in a way that they are not hindered by something so trivial as a bad desk.

Thank you so much for you consideration!

Mr. Schmidt Watershed High School Grades 9-12

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

Never Before Funded 50 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Adj. Work Table Steel 96 W 30 D • Grainger $809.79 5 $4,048.95

Materials cost

$4,048.95

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$60.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$4,139.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$730.53

Total project goal

$4,870.21

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