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Mrs. Pentz from Jacksonville FL is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Incentives My Wonderful Readers!

Help me give my students a bubble gum machine and gum as incentives for working hard in our classroom!

  • $193 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

My students are such a special group of kids, who love to learn, when motivated! I already have several rewards in my class but would love to incorporate a new one that will get them even more excited about reading and writing.

I plan to bust the age-old myth of "no gum in school" by providing my students with the opportunity to earn a gumball for several reasons.

For example, students can earn one for helping a friend out, working hard, even when it's tough, and a plethora of other ways!

Mrs. Pentz
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gumball Machine - 15 Inch Candy Dispenser with Stand for 0.62 Inch Bubble Gumball - Heavy Duty Red Metal with Large Glass Bowl - Easy Twist-Off Refill - Free or Coin Operated - by The Candery • Amazon Business $87.99 1 $87.99
RAIN-BLO Bubble Gum Balls, 53 Ounce Jar • Amazon Business $14.46 3 $43.38

Materials cost

$131.37

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$163.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.82

Total project goal

$192.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$192.16

2 Donors

-$94.32

Donations toward project cost

-$83.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.15

match offer

-$94.32

Match offer toward project cost

-$80.17

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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$0.00

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Project Activity

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