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Ms. Smith from Detroit, MI is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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CD Player to Help Children with Visual Impairments

My students need a DVD/CD Cassette Boom Box w/ Listening Center.

  • $448 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 classroom is home to children with visual impairments and other disabilities. They range in age from 2nd grade to 8th grade. Many are completely blind while others are low vision. Most of the students are Medicaid eligible and most receive free lunches and breakfasts. This public school is in a large urban district in Michigan.

Textbooks in Braille are difficult to find. Less than 50% of Braille orders are filled and those that are tend to be expensive. Therefore, my students' textbooks are usually on CD. While the CDs are free from Recordings for the Blind & Dyslexic, the CD players are not. Therefore, my students cannot listen to their textbooks, putting them at a huge disadvantage in mainstream classrooms.

If we can get a CD player, I can send it to the folks at Recordings for the Blind & Dyslexic and they will retrofit it so that my students can use it. This will open the doors for listening to both textbooks and books for pleasure.

Quite simply, you will make it possible for my students to complete their homework and, most importantly, learn grade level content. This enables them to succeed in mainstream classes and eventually earn their high school diploma. This is the first step to ensuring a prosperous and happy future.

Ms. Smith
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
DVD / CD Cassette Boom Box w/ Listening Center, HA-2 Headphones- - --*Comments* • Teachers' School Supply Inc. $320.99 1 $320.99

Materials cost

$320.99

Vendor shipping charges

 $32.10

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.81

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$366.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.54

Total project goal

$447.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $447.44

5 Donors

-$447.44

Donations toward project cost

-$366.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.54

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