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Mr. Tumino from Bronx, NY is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Wow! Is This What a New Book Looks Like?

My students need a Barnes and Nobles gift card to buy books that are interesting and motivating to them.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Tumino's classroom raised $2,663

This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Book shopping for most students can be fun, engaging and motivating. But for our students, book shopping is a chance to awaken the inner reader within our struggling, unmotivated students. This is our chance to turn our reading program around.

Hi!

Do you want to help give inner-city children a chance at reading success? Our school serves 100 bright fourth graders. Over 90% of our student population receives free and reduced-price lunch. Our school and their homes have limited resources to help bolster education and motivation in our students. We are hoping to fund Barnes and Noble gift cards to help instill a lifelong love of reading within our children and YOU can help!

My Project

By providing the fourth grade team (four different classes) with Barnes and Noble gift cards, you are directly providing these children with a chance to access exciting, brand new books. Due to the state of our school and the neighborhood in which we teach, very few children have had an opportunity to go to a store and pick out a book of their choice. Our students are desperate. As they progress through the grades, their motivation is waning. This can be detrimental to their further progress in school, and unfortunately, in life.

We are hoping that the freedom to go to a bookstore and pick out several books of their own will increase motivation and instill a lifelong love of reading which our students desperately need.

Mr. Tumino PS 277 Grades 3-5

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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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Nearly all 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

110 students impacted 41donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gift Card • Barnes and Noble $20.00 110 $2,200.00

Materials cost

$2,200.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$33.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,263.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$399.35

Total project goal

$2,662.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,662.35

38 Donors

-$1,607.35

Donations toward project cost

-$1,366.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$241.10

match offer

-$1,055.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$896.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$158.25

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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