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

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Keep Bumping! Keep Setting! Keep Spiking!

My students need volleyballs to use to train, grow, and learn the art of volleyball.

  • $2,003 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My girls are excited to play. We are seeing growth in volleyball when a lot of teams are seeing declining numbers. We need to provide these girls with all of the equipment we need.

This year we had 72 girls signed up for 7th grade through varsity volleyball.

This number is up from the years past. Our girls are excited to play and learn. This past year through generous donors on Donors Choose we were able to purchase 40 new balls, but 40 does not give everyone a ball, so we are still using many 15 year old balls that are worn and barely holding air.

My Project

Each year we fundraise and attempt to raise enough money for all of the items we need, but it never seems to get everything we need. I 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 I want my players to know that I care about them and appreciate them. I want them to love volleyball as much as I do.

Your donations will provide not only one team with balls, but five different teams with balls.

Not only are these balls a material item, but these balls will raise excitement in every day play and change the attitude of every player.

Mrs. Melissa Smith
Grades 6-8
    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

    This project will reach 72 students.

    79 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Molten Black and White Soft Touch Volleyballs • Chippewa Valley Sporting Goods $30.00 50 $1,500.00

Materials cost

$1,500.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $150.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$22.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,702.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$300.44

Total project goal

$2,002.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,002.94

70 Donors

-$618.06

Donations toward project cost

-$565.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.19

Matching donations from our partners

-$1,337.22

Match offers toward project cost

-$1,136.64

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$200.58

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$47.67

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 $0.00

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