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Mrs. Gonzalez from Xenia OH is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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You Get a Ball and You Get a Ball

Help me give my students playground balls and an equipment cart to hold the balls, so they can play together at recess.

  • $333 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Students in my kindergarten classroom come to school excited about learning. Most of my students come from low-income families, and all the students at my school receive free breakfast and lunch. This background can mean that students’ families cannot afford to purchase needed school supplies. Unfortunately, some of the students in my class are experiencing homelessness, which can mean that they lack items to meet their most basic needs.

My students deserve to receive the best education possible so that they are able to succeed in school and in life.

These boys and girls have such awesome attitudes, and they try their best every day!

My Project

Recess is one of my kindergarten students' favorite times of the day. They love being able to run around outside, play on the playground equipment and have fun together. We have a nice blacktop area where students can play basketball or four square. They love playing together and will often play their own games with rules that they have created together.

I am requesting a set of various sized playground balls and an equipment card, so my students can have balls to use when playing basketball, four square and their own made up games.

These balls will allow students to engage in fitness related activities, work on interpersonal skills and have fun. They will use more of their energy at recess and this will help them have better focus in the classroom. The equipment cart is small enough to fit in our classroom and will help my students keep our playground balls organized. We will share the balls with the other kindergarten students, so your donation will impact four kindergarten classes.

Thank you for taking the time to read my project idea! I really appreciate it!

Mrs. Gonzalez
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
RR260 - Kid-Sized Indoor/Outdoor Equipment Cart • Lakeshore Learning Materials $169.00 1 $169.00
GB201 - Lakeshore Playground Ball Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99

Materials cost

$248.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$282.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.89

Total project goal

$332.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $332.61

2 Donors

-$141.58

Donations toward project cost

-$141.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$166.05

Match offer toward project cost

-$141.14

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.91

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$24.98

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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