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Coach AJ from Manchester NH is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

You Are What You Eat!!!

Help me give my students the opportunity to learn how to live a healthy life by eating healthy foods and keeping their bodies clean.

  • $713 goal

This project expired on April 17, 2020.

This project expired on April 17, 2020.

My Students

I work with students grades K-5. Most of my students come from poverty stricken homes and have no idea what it means to live a healthy lifestyle. To no fault of their own they do not know how to control their emotions, eat healthy, or make good choices because of their home life situation. My students are very eager to learn a more healthy lifestyle with the challenges of today being bombarded with media images of fast-food , video games, tobacco, drugs, and violence which all cause stress on their minds, body and emotions.

I want to inspire healthy lifestyles and lifelong healthy habits , by teaching them to be more proactive in their daily choices.

I want the health room to be a place they feel comfortable having an open discussion about any issue and find possible solutions.

My Project

I have used the My Plate program for several years to teach my students about the food groups. The program came with coloring books, flash cards and posters. I'm limited to what I can do with these few items.

IT"S GAME TIME!!!

With the my plate bean bags I will be able to do so much more and spend more time teaching the kids about the food groups.

I believe children learn through hands on activities. We would be able to play games using the bean bags. With the bean bags students would be up moving, learning and having fun while doing so.

Coach AJ
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Keeping Our Body Healthy Books - Set of 6 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $38.66 2 $77.32
BEANBAG - MY PLATE - SET OF 60 • School Specialty $72.41 1 $72.41
BEANBAG - MY PLATE - SET OF 60 • School Specialty $72.41 1 $72.41
LA888 - Learn to Brush Demonstration Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 2 $69.98
KIT GLO GERM EXPERIMENT • School Specialty $62.47 1 $62.47
FF944 - Five Senses Theme Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
DD975 - Nutrition Instant Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 2 $59.98
HUMAN BODY MODEL • School Specialty $19.09 2 $38.18
TEACHING AID GLO GERM POWER 4OZ JAR • School Specialty $13.91 2 $27.82

Materials cost

$540.56

Vendor shipping charges

 $27.33

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$606.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$106.94

Total project goal

$712.94

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