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Mrs. Melissa Smith from Spooner, WI is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Youth Volleyball Spikes!

Help me give my students ball bags, first aid kits, scoreboards, whistles, scorebooks, whiteboards, ball pumps, volleyball, volleyball cart, and more for our youth volleyball program!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Melissa Smith's classroom raised $2,722

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are always amazing! They surprise me each and every day and keep me learning more for them. We seriously have some of the best students in our small-town elementary school.

My students are always ready to try something new and because of that, I want to be a better teacher every day.

I want to grow with them! Our school includes over 60% free or reduced-price lunch recipients, but together our community, parents, and staff work to get us everything we need. I am so grateful to have wonderful people like you also partnering with us to help get our students everything they so deserve.

My Project

Each spring comes youth volleyball and with it comes a whole bunch of excitement! We truly believe that the more we invest in our girls, the more they will invest in volleyball and in turn they will enjoy the game and enjoy playing more.

At the end of the day, we want our players to know that we care about them and appreciate them.

We want them to love volleyball as much as we do. Your donations will provide balls, ball carts, training equipment, match equipment, safety equipment for five different grade levels, and over 100 girls!

The whistles, scoreboard flippers, and scorebooks will allow us to host tournaments for our young players. The ball carts, first aid kits, athletic tape, pre-wrap, balls, air pump, dry erase boards, and carrying bags will be used during practice. These items will make an important impact on our players at the very first practice!

Mrs. Melissa Smith Spooner Elementary School Grades 6-8

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.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Tachikara Institutional quality Composite VolleyBall, Black-White • Amazon Business $19.99 24 $479.76
Monster Ball Locker • Amazon Business $339.03 1 $339.03
Tachikara Volley-Lite Additional Colors (EA) • Amazon Business $26.65 10 $266.50
Baden Heavy Duty Carrying Bag (6-Ball) • Amazon Business $27.48 8 $219.84
Tachikara Institutional quality Composite VolleyBall, Black-White • Amazon Business $19.28 11 $212.08
Champion Sports Economy Electric Inflating Air Pump • Amazon Business $93.96 2 $187.92
Tandem Sport Colossal Volleyball Ball Cart - Hold Up to 40 Balls • Amazon Business $149.99 1 $149.99
GoSports Volleyball Dry Erase Coaches Board with 2 Dry Erase Pens • Amazon Business $12.55 8 $100.40
Big Red Volleyball Scorebook • Amazon Business $13.00 5 $65.00
Xiao Gulong 4-Digital Portable Table Top Scoreboard Flipper, Multi Sports Score Flip Scoreboard (0-99) • Amazon Business $12.96 5 $64.80
Be Smart Get Prepared 10HBC01082 100Piece First Aid Kit, Clean, Treat & Protect Most Injuries with The Kit That is Great for Any Home, Office, Vehicle, Camping & Sports. 0.71 Lb • Amazon Business $7.41 8 $59.28
White Athletic Sports Tape (8-Pack) - Easy Tear Zigzag Edge with No Sticky Residue, Hypoallergenic, Latex Free, Easy on Skin – Used by Pro Athletes and Coaches -1.5” x 10 Yards • Amazon Business $19.95 2 $39.90
Hipat Whistle, 6 Pack Stainless Steel Sports Whistles with Lanyard, Loud Crisp Sound Whistles Bulk Great for Coaches, Referees, and Officials (A:Silver) • Amazon Business $8.99 3 $26.97
Mueller Rainbow Pack of Sports Pre-Wrap (8 Colors!),30 Yards,Rainbow • Amazon Business $12.45 2 $24.90
(14-Pack) 2” x 5 Yards | Beige Self Adhesive Bandage Wrap – Breathable Self Adherent Wrap for People & Pets - Athletic Elastic Cohesive Bandage for Sports Injury: Ankle, Knee & Wrist sprains • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95

Materials cost

$2,249.32

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$33.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,313.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$408.19

Total project goal

$2,721.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,721.25

1 Donor

-$1,156.53

Donations toward project cost

-$1,156.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$1,360.62

Match offer toward project cost

-$1,156.53

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$204.09

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$204.09

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 $0.00

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