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Mrs. Litto from Brooklyn, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Paper Cutter so We Can Properly Mat Our Artwork

The cost of an Ingento paper cutter is $519, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $519 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

I am the art and music teacher at a high school in Brooklyn. Our school is a Title I school in which 86 percent of the students are eligible for the government-funded free-lunch program. The students are trying hard to graduate from high school despite very difficult lives and many obstacles. These students are very poor and disadvantaged, yet they value education and are coming to school weekdays, nights, and Saturdays to make sure they graduate. We are struggling in this alternative high school of 300 students to get basic items needed for our art room. We don't even have a sink in our room, but what would really help right now would be a paper cutter so all the students could cut and mat their beautiful art work to hang on the walls in the school. Cutting the boards and heavy papers that we get for free as recycled material is really not possible with the kindergarten scissors we have to work with. This heavy-duty paper cutter would benefit all students and teachers in the school. Thanks for your help!

Mrs. Litto
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
INGENTO PAPER CUTTER >30X30 • Dick Blick $299.98 1 $299.98
Item Shipping/Handling Charges • Dick Blick $62.00 1 $62.00

Materials cost

$361.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$425.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$93.38

Total project goal

$518.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $518.76

2 Donors

-$487.69

Donations toward project cost

-$426.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.69

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$31.82

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 $0.00

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