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Mrs. Owens from Farmerville, LA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Helping My Students With The Basics

My students need 10 resource materials such as pencils, pens, paper, and graph paper. We live in a high poverty area. 85 percent of my students live in single parent, no income or low income households. They do not the simple basic materials needed to achieve success. Not having materials causes many of them great embarrassment. This leads to their not wanting to do the work. If I could get these basic supplies for my students it would be a godsend. Thank you so much.

  • $485 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.

We can not learn without the basic foundation. I teach high schoolers, 9th-12th grades. My students are considered high risk for dropping out. Many of them want to succeed, but having paper and pencil for many of them is a challenge. Our school does not have a counselor, therefore I take on this task for free. I assist them with essays for colleges, correspondence work to earn credits if they are short for graduation, tutor after school with math, English, and other subjects, and help them complete all of their college admission processes from FAFSA to the application stage. These basic supplies would help them and me so much because they are embarrassed when they do not have pen and paper. I try to buy what I can, but in my state, my parish is the second poorest. We are paid at the bottom of the state. Please help me. Thank you.

The only meals many of my students receive is the breakfast and lunch they receive at school. Our school is 90% free breakfast and lunch. I have many intelligent students, but it is hard to focus on the teacher when you are hungry or you do not know where you are staying for the night. Add having no school supplies to this list and I hope you can see what a challenge my students have everyday. I work so hard with them although, because they have so much potential. I pay out of my own pocket many times to buy them things, but on my salary it puts me in a bind.

I need basic supplies such as pencils, pens, paper, graph paper, and such. We are tutoring for state testing trying to get ready for benchmark tests, and I did not have enough pencils. I had to buy some to help my students. With these supplies they can focus more on achieving success rather than worrying about how am I going to take my tests and do homework or worrying about not having paper to write on.

Your contributions will mean so much to my students. They appreciate all acts of kindness because acts of kindness don't come their way often. I am so hopeful that you will donate to my school. Making a difference in my children's lives would mean so much to them and myself.

Mrs. Owens
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
TOPS(R) Ruled 16 Lb Filler Paper, 3-Hole Punched, College Ruled With Margin, 11 x 8 1/2, Ream Of 500 Sheets • Office Depot Inc. $5.48 10 $54.80
Paper Mate(R) Ballpoint Stick Pens, 10 mm, Medium Point, Black Barrel, Black Ink, Pack Of 12 • Office Depot Inc. $1.26 24 $30.24
Foray(R) Quad Ruled Manila Graph Paper, 1/4 Square Ruling, 9 x 12, Pack Of 500 Sheets • Office Depot Inc. $10.77 2 $21.54
EXPO(R) Chisel-Tip Dry-Erase Markers, Assorted New Colors, Pack Of 12 • Office Depot Inc. $13.71 5 $68.55
Office Depot Value(TM) Eraser Caps, Assorted Colors, Pack Of 72 • Office Depot Inc. $4.60 4 $18.40
Foray(R) Battery-Operated Cordless Pencil Sharpener (Blade), Black • Office Depot Inc. $6.79 3 $20.37
Office Depot(R) Brand Wood Pencils, #2 Medium Soft Lead, Pack Of 72 • Office Depot Inc. $3.91 12 $46.92
Office Depot(R) Brand Classic Stapler, Black • Office Depot Inc. $6.95 2 $13.90
Office Depot(R) Brand Wirebound Notebooks, Perforated, 1 Subject, 3-Hole Punched, Wide Ruled, 8 x 10 1/2, 70 Pages, Pack Of 6 • Office Depot Inc. $7.34 6 $44.04
Crayola(R) Anti-Dust(R) Chalk, White, Box Of 12 Sticks • Office Depot Inc. $0.77 10 $7.70

Materials cost

$326.46

Vendor shipping charges

 $32.65

Sales tax

 $13.06

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$397.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.15

Total project goal

$484.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $484.15

5 Donors

-$233.06

Donations toward project cost

-$198.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.96

match offer

-$234.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$191.88

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.53

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 $0.00

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