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Mrs. Ware from Chicago, IL is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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100 Straw Bale Garden Experiment to Feed Our School!

Help me give my students organic fertlizer to complete a 100 straw bale garden on our 2 acre school/community garden that feeds our community through our farm to table culinary arts program!

  • 12 donors
  • $3,179 goal

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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 Project

Our students run a free 2 acre school / community garden on the west side of Chicago on our vocational school's north property. They build the structures and learn about urban farming. We want to replicate an innovative and educational project that was implemented in the summer of 2023 because of its remarkable success in increasing our overall vegetable yields for our culinary arts program. This involves a 100 straw bale garden. This large scale soil improvement will increase the yield of our shared FREE community vegetable beds and benefit us directly through larger harvests, as was demonstrated in 2023. Essentially, this is composting in-situ with absolutely no land disturbance (everything is added to the top of the land) and the straw provides a high quality, slowly decomposing carbon input that will improve the fungal to bacterial ratio of soil microorganisms and ultimately increase the biodiversity, water holding capacity and productivity of the 2 acre ecosystem. Our students learn about nutrition, self sufficiency, ecosystem health and biodiversity

This grant will allow us to continue to improve the soil health, our students' physical and mental health and the health of their self-sufficient community garden in sustainable, organic ways that will last a lifetime as they share their expertise with each other and their families.

Mrs. Ware Prosser Career Academy Grades 9-12

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Chicago, IL View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

130 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Down To Earth All Natural Fertilizers Organic Multi Purpose Mix 4-6-2, 5 lb • Amazon Business $21.55 100 $2,155.00
Down To Earth All Natural Fertilizers Blood Meal Mix 12-0-0, 0.5 lb • Amazon Business $8.99 50 $449.50
Jack's Classic Nutrients 15-0-0 Part B Calcium Nitrate Water-Soluble Fertilizer for Calcium Uptake and Strong Leaf Growth in Continuous Liquid Feed Programs, 2.2Lbs • Amazon Business $27.49 1 $27.49

Materials cost

$2,631.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$39.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,701.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$476.73

Total project goal

$3,178.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $3,178.20

10 Donors

-$1,779.24

Donations toward project cost

-$1,516.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$262.89

Matching donations from our partners

-$1,394.26

Match offers toward project cost

-$1,185.12

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$209.14

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.70

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 $0.00

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